  Systematic calculations of ground-state spin and parity of odd-mass nuclei
have been performed within the Hartree--Fock--BCS (HFBCS) approach and the
Finite-Range Droplet Model for nuclei for which experimental data are
available. The unpaired nucleon has been treated perturbatively, and axial and
left-right reflection symmetries have been assumed. As for the HFBCS approach,
three different Skyrme forces have been used in the particle-hole channel,
whereas the particle-particle matrix elements have been approximated by a
seniority force. The calculations have been done for the 621 nuclei for which
the Nubase 2003 data set give assignments of spin and parity with strong
arguments. The agreement of both spin and parity in the self-consistent model
reaches about 80% for spherical nuclei, and about 40% for well-deformed nuclei
regardless of the Skyrme force used. As for the macroscopic-microscopic
approach, the agreement for spherical nuclei is about 90% and about 40% for
well-deformed nuclei, with different sets of spherical and deformed nuclei
found in each model.
