Culture Based Classifications - Revision history

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 **Vietnamese
-Note that some areas, particular North-Eastern, African nations are classified as Arab. Romanian and Pakistani may be difficult to identify in some datasets but do appear to be recognisably unique in sufficient volume. The various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_peoples Slavic definitions] do not tie precisily to their accepted geographical and linguistic definitions but are suitably close as to be used.
+Note that some areas, particular North-Eastern African nations are classified as Arab. Romanian and Pakistani may be difficult to identify in some datasets but do appear to be recognisably unique in sufficient volume. The various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_peoples Slavic definitions] do not tie precisily to their accepted geographical and linguistic definitions but are suitably close as to be used.
 The source file was not sufficiently detailed for many countries for them to be included in the classification. This is not necessarily a problem; the remaining countries account for a very low percentage of the world's population and for most applications we are only interested in classifications that a human could make in a real world context. The definition file for this classification system ([http://www.edegan.com/repository/Culture-EganClassification.txt Culture-EganClassification.txt]) uses [[UN GeoRegion Codes | UN recognized country names]] and excludes unclassifiable countries.

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 **Vietnamese
-Where Hard and Soft African are artificial constructs based on the sounds that occur in names, but with some correlation between Hard African with Eastern African nations. (Note that some, particular North-Eastern, African nations are classified as Arab). Romanian and Pakistani may be difficult to identify in some datasets but do appear to be recognisably unique in sufficient volume. The various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_peoples Slavic definitions] do not tie precisily to their accepted geographical and linguistic definitions but are suitably close as to be used.
+Note that some areas, particular North-Eastern, African nations are classified as Arab. Romanian and Pakistani may be difficult to identify in some datasets but do appear to be recognisably unique in sufficient volume. The various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_peoples Slavic definitions] do not tie precisily to their accepted geographical and linguistic definitions but are suitably close as to be used.
 The source file was not sufficiently detailed for many countries for them to be included in the classification. This is not necessarily a problem; the remaining countries account for a very low percentage of the world's population and for most applications we are only interested in classifications that a human could make in a real world context. The definition file for this classification system ([http://www.edegan.com/repository/Culture-EganClassification.txt Culture-EganClassification.txt]) uses [[UN GeoRegion Codes | UN recognized country names]] and excludes unclassifiable countries.

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 **North Slavic
 *African
-**Hard African
+**East African
-**Soft African
+**Other African
 *Asian
 **Arab

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 Western European should be further decomposed into English, German, French, Italian, and perhaps Portugese. It is unlikely that it is possible to distinguish Spanish from Hispanic. Furthermore, Israel (and more particularly Jewish) is likely to be very hard to distinguish in most data sources. Israel has had a large amount of immigration, particularly from Russia and Europe, and is perhaps the definitive land of immigrants.
-From an inspection (by a researcher) of names around the world, it appears that the following classes may be able to be identified:
+==Classification by Egan (2009)==
 *European

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 Where Hard and Soft African are artificial constructs based on the sounds that occur in names, but with some correlation between Hard African with Eastern African nations. (Note that some, particular North-Eastern, African nations are classified as Arab). Romanian and Pakistani may be difficult to identify in some datasets but do appear to be recognisably unique in sufficient volume. The various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_peoples Slavic definitions] do not tie precisily to their accepted geographical and linguistic definitions but are suitably close as to be used.
-The source file was not sufficiently detailed for many countries for them to be included in the classification. This does not constitute a problem. The definition file for this classification system ([http://www.edegan.com/repository/Culture-EganClassification.txt Culture-EganClassification.txt]) uses [[UN GeoRegion Codes | UN recognized country names]] and excludes unclassifiable countries.
+The source file was not sufficiently detailed for many countries for them to be included in the classification. This is not necessarily a problem; the remaining countries account for a very low percentage of the world's population and for most applications we are only interested in classifications that a human could make in a real world context. The definition file for this classification system ([http://www.edegan.com/repository/Culture-EganClassification.txt Culture-EganClassification.txt]) uses [[UN GeoRegion Codes | UN recognized country names]] and excludes unclassifiable countries.
 ==Other Classifications==

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 *European
-**British
+**English
 **French
 **German
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 **Vietnamese
-Where Hard and Soft African are artificial constructs based on the sounds that occur in names, but with some correlation between Hard African with Eastern African nations. (Note that some, particular North-Eastern, African nations are classified as Arab). Romanian and Pakistani may be difficult to identify in some dataset but do appear to be recognisably unique. The various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_peoples Slavic definitions] do not tie precisily to their accepted geographical and linguistic definitions but are suitably close as to be used.
+Where Hard and Soft African are artificial constructs based on the sounds that occur in names, but with some correlation between Hard African with Eastern African nations. (Note that some, particular North-Eastern, African nations are classified as Arab). Romanian and Pakistani may be difficult to identify in some datasets but do appear to be recognisably unique in sufficient volume. The various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_peoples Slavic definitions] do not tie precisily to their accepted geographical and linguistic definitions but are suitably close as to be used.
-The source file was not sufficiently detailed for many countries for them to be included in the classification. This does not constitute a problem. The full definition file for the classification system is here.
+The source file was not sufficiently detailed for many countries for them to be included in the classification. This does not constitute a problem. The definition file for this classification system ([http://www.edegan.com/repository/Culture-EganClassification.txt Culture-EganClassification.txt]) excludes unclassifiable countries.
 ==Other Classifications==

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 **Turk
 *Slavic
-**EastWestSlavic
+**East-West Slavic
-**SouthSlavic
+**South Slavic
-**NorthSlavic
+**North Slavic
 *African
-**HardAfrican
+**Hard African
-**SoftAfrican
+**Soft African
 *Asian
 **Arab
 **Chinese
 **Indian
-**IndonesiaPhilippines
+**Indonesia/Philippines
 **Japanese
 **Korean

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 #Other Asia-Pacific (Phillipines, Vietnam...)
-We are aware that this list is not "politically correct", but we are not making statements regarding the intrinsic worth of individuals from these areas, or stereotyping these areas, etc. We are merely looking for units that would exhibit greater 'cultural' homogeneity within the area than across areas, and that are identifiable using names data.
+One might consider this list as not "politically correct", but it does not make statements regarding the intrinsic worth of individuals from these areas, or stereotype these areas, etc. Economists are interested in areas that would exhibit greater 'cultural' homogeneity within the area than across areas, and that are identifiable using names data.
 ==Other Classifications==

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 #[[UN GeoRegion Codes | UN GeoRegions]]
 #[[Ethnologue Classification]] - A language development based aggregation
-#[[US Census Ethnicities]]
+#[[US Census | US Census Ethnic Origin]]
 ==Custom Classifications==
-For the purpose of economic analysis it is not necessary to know which country an individuals name has its roots in; broad areas of origin are sufficient. Areas that are of particular interest (excluding the U.S.) might include:
+For the purpose of economic analysis it is often not necessary to know which country an individual's name has its roots in; broad areas of origin are usually sufficient. Areas that are of particular interest (excluding the U.S.) might include:
 #Western European (including the colonies, particularly Australia, New Zealand, and Canada)
 #Scandinavian