Person Matching in Historical Files using the Census Bureau’s Person Validation System

Catherine G. Massey and Amy O'Hara

CARRA Working Papers from Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau

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.

Keywords: linking; PIK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-09
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