[Sora] Differential Privacy for 2020 Census

[VARGAS Antonio R * DCBS]

Hi all,

There has been some good work done to evaluate the effects of differential privacy on certain statistics of interest. See the presentations (and Q&A sessions) at December's workshop organized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine:

https://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/CNSTAT/DBASSE_196518

Is anyone looking at Oregon-specific changes in the data?

Antonio

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Antonio R. Vargas
Research Analyst, Drug Price Transparency Program
Division of Financial Regulation
Oregon Dept. of Consumer and Business Services
Office: 503.947.7210



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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 21:54:14 +0000
From: HELMS Kathryn * DAS <Kathryn.Helms at oregon.gov>
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Subject: [Sora] Differential Privacy for 2020 Census
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All,

For those of you who utilize Census data, I wanted to be sure you were aware of the Census' new differential privacy methodology.  Census has released 2010 data product<https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/2020-census/planning-management/2020-census-data-products/2010-demonstration-data-products.html>s with the 2020 differential privacy rules applied, so folks can assess what this means for data coming out of the 2020 census.
Additional resources below:
https://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/differential-privacy-for-census-data-explained.aspx
https://www.census.gov/about/policies/privacy/statistical_safeguards/disclosure-avoidance-2020-census.html

Thanks,

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