Classify Lifestyles

Edge Cases

• Migrant workers who move to cities: Classify by where they spend their adult life (e.g., construction worker living in cities = Urban)
• District capitals: Small district capitals count as Urban even if grid cell is mostly rural
• Infants who die: Classify by parents' occupation and setting
• Mixed occupations: Choose primary occupation (e.g., "farmer + occasional craft" = Farmer)

FLAG System

Add "FLAG: " prefix to the lifestyle field when ANY of these occur:

1. Classification uncertain - occupation is ambiguous or mixed
2. Urban location mismatch - classified as Urban but:
   • urban_area percentage is very low (<0.5%)
   • Narrative doesn't clearly describe town/city
3. Missing key data - no occupation field found
4. Contradictory information - occupation and narrative don't match

Examples:

• lifestyle: "FLAG: Urban" - classified as Urban but uncertain
• lifestyle: "FLAG: Farmer" - mixed agro-pastoral occupation, chose Farmer
• lifestyle: "FLAG: Rural Non-Farm" - mining settlement, urban_area% very low but might be small town

Process

CRITICAL: Process ONE file at a time. NO batch processing.

Work through files systematically:

1. Read ONE file's occupation and narrative context
2. Determine the correct category for THIS file
3. If uncertain, add "FLAG: " prefix to the lifestyle value
4. BEFORE updating: Record the old classification value
5. Add a new old_lifestyle: field in frontmatter with the original value
6. Update the lifestyle: field in frontmatter with new classification (with FLAG prefix if uncertain)
7. Move to the NEXT file and repeat steps 1-6
8. Track progress (report every 25 stories)

Example Classifications

• Construction laborer living in cities → Urban
• Peasant farmer on family land → Farmer
• Agricultural day laborer → Farmer
• Village weaver/blacksmith → Rural Non-Farm
• Maasai herder → Pastoralist
• Atlantic Forest forager → Hunter-Gatherer
• Small-town artisan with workshop → Urban (even if urban_area = 0.03%)
• Domestic worker in urban household → Urban
• Household farm worker → Farmer

Output Format

For each file, add the old value and update the current value:

old_lifestyle: "Rural"