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Activity Number: 586
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Government Statistics Section
Abstract - #308815
Title: The Limit of Linkage: What Happens When Records Lack PII
Author(s): Amy O'Hara*+ and Matthew Bouch
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and US Census Bureau
Keywords: Administrative records ; Record linkage ; Census
Abstract:

The Census Bureau is evaluating the use of administrative records to reduce costs and improve data quality for the 2020 Census. Person and housing unit records from the census are matched to administrative records from federal, state, and commercial sources using record linkage techniques to evaluate how the auxiliary information can improve planning and operations. The matching relies on complete, accurate identifiers including name, address, date of birth, and sex. In the 2010 Census, ten million person records lacked name data. Without names, can these records be used in linkage applications? This paper addresses this question and explores the quality of variables other than name that could be used to link these census records to administrative records.


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