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Person Matching in Historical Files using the Census Bureau’s Person Validation System
Person Matching in Historical Files using the Census Bureau’s Person Validation System
Working Paper Number CARRA-WP-2014-11
Abstract
The recent release of the 1940 Census manuscripts enables the creation of longitudinal data spanning the whole of the twentieth century. Linked historical and contemporary data would allow unprecedented analyses of the causes and consequences of health, demographic, and economic change. The Census Bureau is uniquely equipped to provide high quality linkages of person records across datasets. This paper summarizes the linkage techniques employed by the Census Bureau and discusses utilization of these techniques to append protected identification keys to the 1940 Census.
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