Statistical Policy Working Paper 2. Report on Statistical Disclosure and Disclosure: Avoidance Techniques

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Data collection
  • Statistics
  • Privacy
  • Methodology
  • Surveying methods and processes
  • Accidental disclosure
  • Confidential information
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Statistical Policy Working Paper 2, GPO Stock Number 003-005-00177-8
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1529887
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology
• Abstract:
  This report is about techniques for avoiding disclosure of confidential information about individuals (natural and legal persons) in connection with the release of statistical tabulations and microdata files (computerized records pertaining to individual statistical units). The report culminates more than a year's study of potentials for statistical disclosure of confidential information about identifiable (but not identified) units in tabulations and microdata files. The major questions addressed during the year and reported here are as follows: What is the nature of statistical disclosure? -How pervasive a problem is it? -How can agency requirements be translated into specific disclosure-avoidance techniques? How can agency requirements be met without unduly restricting data releases? How do agency disclosure-avoidance practices affect data subjects and data users? In summary, protection of the confidentiality of information about individuals must be balanced against the legitimate needs of society for information.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72820/dot_72820_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 245.06 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FCSM
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9083b3526c84c1001b657250dadb9c8e30078b7b03bb760548bbc12579c3e374db0641aecac2d2ccd555ceb49133e61f2e602a3acb6d33ab5b4a5dba77bf76c5