This is a basic dictionary of the data provided to volunteers.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Has Alt Contact? | Whether the patient has specified an alternate contact. |
| Voicemail Preference | The patient's prefered voicemail policy when DCAF returns their calls. |
| Line | The line the patient was serviced on. |
| Language | Preferred language of the patient. |
| Age | Age range the patient falls in. |
| State | The state from which the patient is travelling. |
| Race or Ethnicity | Patient's race or ethnicity. |
| Employment Status | Patient's current employment status. |
| Insurance | Patient's current insurance coverage, if any. This includes public and private options. [Note: If a patient reports a managed care organization, it is up to either the patient or case manager to determine and report as public insurance rather than private.] |
| Income | Patient's income, as reported in ranges. |
| Referred By | How the patient discovered or was referred to the fund. |
| Referred to clinic by fund | TODO |
| LMP at intake (weeks) | Last Menstrual Period at intake. Note that this is truncated after 20 weeks for the current dataset. |
| Patient contribution | The amount of money contributed by the patient. This amount may change at the actual appointment, but is used during case management to record how much a patient can possibly contribute. |
| NAF pledge | The amount contributed by the National Abortion Federation, a large, national abortion funding organization. This amount may change at the actual appointment, but is used during case management to record how much NAf can contribute. |
| Fund pledge | The amount the Fund is contributing to the patient's procedure in the form of a pledge sent to the clinic. |
| Pledge sent | This indicates if a pledge was generated through the DARIA system for a patient. |
| Resolved without fund assistance | The patient has resolved their case without the aid of the Fund. This could be a patient chooses to continue the pregnancy, has found other sources of funding, or any other circumstances the Fund should not continue contacting the patient. |
| Call count | Total calls |
| Reached Patient call count | Total calls where the patient and case manager reached each other succesfully |
| Fulfilled | Whether pledge was fulfilled. |
| Gestation at procedure in weeks | Gestation at the scheduled time of procedure. |
| Procedure cost | The amount actually paid by DCAF to the fund, truncated at 5000. |
| Month of first call | The month of initial contact by the patient. |
| Year of first call | The year of initial contact by the patient. |
| Days to procedure | Days elapsed between the patient initially calling the hotline and the patient's procedure date, if reported. |
| Days to pledge | Days elapsed between the patient initially calling the hotline and patient receiving a pledge from DCAF. |
| Days to first call | Days elapsed between the patient initially calling the hotline and a case manager returning their call. |
| Days to last call | Days elapsed between the patient initially calling the hotline and their final call with a case manager. |
| Initial Call Weekday vs Weekend | Whether the initial call was on a weekday or a weekend |
| First Call Weekday vs Weekend | Whether the first call was on a weekday or a weekend |
| Procedure Weekday vs Weekend | Whether the procedure was on a weekday or a weekend |
| Household Size | The size of the patient's household, truncated at 8. |