Matching Addresses between Household Surveys and Commercial Data

Quentin Brummet

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

Abstract: Matching third-party data sources to household surveys can benefit household surveys in a number of ways, but the utility of these new data sources depends critically on our ability to link units between data sets. To understand this better, this report discusses potential modifications to the existing match process that could potentially improve our matches. While many changes to the matching procedure produce marginal improvements in match rates, substantial increases in match rates can only be achieved by relaxing the definition of a successful match. In the end, the results show that the most important factor determining the success of matching procedures is the quality and composition of the data sets being matched.

Keywords: commercial; household surveys; linking; third party data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07
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