Table II. Weights for each linkage pattern (day, month, year, sex). Ordered with respect to scaling model. Ranks in brackets.

Identifier linkage pattern	Scaling method	Traditional method
0 0 0 0	0 (1)	0 (1)
0 0 0 1	7 (2)	15 (2)
0 0 1 0	19 (3)	26 (3)
0 0 1 1	26 (5)	41 (6)
0 1 0 0	22 (4)	27 (4)
0 1 0 1	29 (6)	42 (7)
0 1 1 0	41 (7)	53 (9)
0 1 1 1	48 (8)	68 (12)
1 0 0 0	53 (9)	32 (5)
1 0 0 1	60 (10)	47 (8)
1 0 1 0	72 (11)	58 (10)
1 0 1 1	75 (12)	73 (13)
1 1 0 0	79 (13)	59 (11)
1 1 0 1	86 (14)	74 (14)
1 1 1 0	94 (15)	85 (15)
1 1 1 1	100 (16)	100 (16)