Top-Coding and Public Use Microdata Samples from the U.S. Census Bureau

Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) released by the U.S. Census Bureau and other data providers undergo various privacy protection transformations prior to public release of the individual records. We briefly review these methods but focus our attention on "top-coding" as implemented by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicole Crimi, William Eddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Labor Dynamics Institute 2014-12-01
Series:The Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality
Online Access:https://journalprivacyconfidentiality.org/index.php/jpc/article/view/639