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CASE STUDY - Configuring and Customizing Sahana for the Lost Person Finder (LPF) Project
Other Personal Attributes (Gender, Marital Status)
Existing Gender Choices
In the field_options table, where field_name = 'opt_gender':
| option_code | option_description | |
| mal | Male | |
| fml | Female | |
and no special ordering is specified (e.g., display_order field is left NULL)
Revised Gender Choices
| option_code | option_description | display_order | |
| mal | Male | 1 | |
| fml | Female | 2 | |
| cmp | Complex | 3 | |
| unk | Unknown | 4 | |
The TriagePic input source can report “unknown” or “complex” for gender. “Unknown” can accommodate severely injured arrivals whose sex is not immediately clear. “Complex” can accommodate discrepancies between appearance and biology, or transitional states.
Existing Marital Status Choices
In the field_options table, where field_name = 'opt_marital_status':
| option_code | option_description | |
| unk | Unknown | |
| sin | Single | |
| mar | Married | |
| div | Divorced | |
and no special ordering is specified (e.g., display_order field is left NULL)
Revised Marital Status Choices
| option_code | option_description | display_order | |
| sin | Single | 1 | |
| mar | Married | 2 | |
| par | Partnered | 3 | |
| div | Divorced | 4 | |
| wdw | Widowed | 5 | |
| unk | Unknown | 6 | |
'Partnered' accommodates long-term domestic relationships and civil unions. The verb form 'widowed' covers both widows and widowers.
