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03/27/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/27/2023 07:54
Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: How the TopDown Algorithm Works
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Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: How the TopDown Algorithm Works
Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: How the TopDown Algorithm Works
March 27, 2023
Written by:
Population Reference Bureau and the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Census Data Products and Dissemination Team
Report Number C2020BR-04
This is the third in a series of briefs describing how disclosure avoidance methods are being applied to 2020 Census data products and the implications of those methods for data users.
This brief describes how differential privacy works and how it is applied to the 2020 Census Redistricting Data and Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC).
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