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The U.S. Census Bureau is implementing a new Disclosure Avoidance System (DAS) for the 2020 Census, after concluding that its previous methods permitted larger than expected risks of person reidentification. Implementing the 2020 DAS on 2010 Census data yielded a set of 2010 Demonstration Data Products, allowing data users to study impacts of the new system. The December 11-12, 2019, Workshop on 2020 Census Data Products provided a forum for studying the utility of privatized census tabulations and engaged the user and privacy communities in discussing trade-offs between "accuracy" and "privacy" in shaping the final 2020 DAS.
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2020 Census Data Products: Data Needs and Privacy Considerations: Proceedings of a Workshop
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The Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 2-day public workshop from December 11-12, 2019, to discuss the suite of data products the Census Bureau will generate from the 2020 Census. The workshop featured presentations by users...
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