Statistical Disclosure Control in Practice [Paperback]

The aim of this book is to discuss various aspects associated with disseminating personal or business data collected in censuses or surveys or copied from administrative sources. The problem is to present the data in such a form that they are useful for statistical research and to provide sufficient protection for the individuals or businesses to whom the data refer. The major part of this book is concerned with how to define the disclosure problem and how to deal with it in practical circumstances.The aim of this book is to discuss various aspects associated with disseminating personal or business data collected in censuses or surveys or copied from administrative sources. The problem is to present the data in such a form that they are useful for statistical research and to provide sufficient protection for the individuals or businesses to whom the data refer. The major part of this book is concerned with how to define the disclosure problem and how to deal with it in practical circumstances.1 Introduction to Statistical Disclosure Control.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 The increasing importance of SDC.- 1.3 The Problems.- 1.3.1 Microdata.- 1.3.2 Tables.- 2 Principles.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Basic Concepts.- 2.3 Preliminaries on the SDC for Microdata.- 2.4 The Philosophy of SDC for Microdata.- 2.5 The World According to a Releaser of Microdata.- 2.6 SDC for Tables.- 3 Policies and Case Studies.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Options for Data Dissemination.- 3.3 SDC Policy for Microdata of Various Statistical Offices.- 3.4 The Netherlands: WSA.- 3.5 Great Britain: Samples of Anonymized Records.- 3.5.1 Samples of Anonymized Records.- 3.5.2 Confidentiality Protection in the SARs.- 3.5.3 Dissemination of SARs.- 3.6 Eurostat.- 3.7 Luxemburg Income Study.- 4 Microdata.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 SDC rules.- 4.2.1 Classification of Variables.- 4.2.2 Rareness Criteria.- 4.2.3 Sensitive Variables.- 4.2.4 Household Variables.- 4.2.5 Regional Variables.- 4.2.6 The Spread of Regional CharactlÓ$