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Measuring Confidentiality Risks in Census Data [PDF]

, 1997
Two trends have been on a collision course over the recent past. The first is the increasing demand by researchers for greater detail and flexibility in outputs from the decennial Census of Population. The second is the need felt by the Census Offices to
Duke-Williams, O., Openshaw, S., Rees, P.   +2 more
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A Flexible Mixed Model for Clustered Count Data

Stats, 2022
Clustered count data are commonly modeled using Poisson regression with random effects to account for the correlation induced by clustering. The Poisson mixed model allows for overdispersion via the nature of the within-cluster correlation, however ...
Darcy Steeg Morris, Kimberly F. Sellers
doaj   +1 more source

On Inference for Multivariate Regression Model Based on Synthetic Data Generated under Fixed-Posterior Predictive Sampling

Revstat Statistical Journal, 2017
The authors derive likelihood-based exact inference methods for the multivariate regression model, for singly imputed synthetic data generated via Posterior Predictive Sampling (PPS) and for multiply imputed synthetic data generated via a newly proposed
Ricardo Moura , Martin Klein, Carlos A. Coelho , Bimal Sinha   +3 more
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Geographic Spines in the 2020 Census Disclosure Avoidance System

The Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality
The 2020 Census Disclosure Avoidance System (DAS) is a formally private mechanism that first adds independent noise to cross tabulations for a set of pre-specified hierarchical geographic units, which is known as the geographic spine.
Ryan Cumings-Menon, Robert Ashmead, Daniel Kifer, Philip Leclerc, Jeffrey Ocker, Michael Ratcliffe, Pavel Zhuravlev, John Abowd   +7 more
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The demographic impact and development benefits of meeting demand for family planning with modern contraceptive methods

Global Health Action, 2018
Background: Meeting demand for family planning can facilitate progress towards all major themes of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership.
Daniel Goodkind, Lisa Lollock, Yoonjoung Choi, Thomas McDevitt, Loraine West   +4 more
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SeasCen, A Python-Based Platform for Time Series Modeling and Seasonal Adjustment

Data Science in Science
Whereas X-13ARIMA-SEATS (X-13) is widely used around the world to seasonally adjust economic time series, its continued longevity is jeopardized by the ongoing difficulty of maintaining its FORTRAN codebase. The FORTRAN language is no longer the platform
Sara Alaoui, William Bell, Dan Haim, Demetra Lytras, Anup Mathur, Kathleen McDonald-Johnson, Tucker McElroy, Lijing Sun   +7 more
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Reach of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) interventions and nutrition and physical activity-related outcomes, California, 2011-2012. [PDF]

, 2015
IntroductionThis study combined information on the interventions of the US Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education with 5,927 interview responses from the California Health Interview Survey to investigate ...
Aydin, May, Biehl, Michael, Levy, Melanie, Molitor, Fred, Ponce, Ninez A, Sugerman, Sharon, Yu, Hongjian   +6 more
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Building the Census Bureau Index of Economic Activity (IDEA)

Data Science in Science
The Census Bureau Index of Economic Activity is constructed from 15 of the Census Bureau’s primary monthly economic indicators to provide a single time series reflecting the variation over time in the whole set of component series.
Jose Asturias, William R. Bell, Rebecca Hutchinson, Tucker S. McElroy, Katherine J. Thompson   +4 more
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Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
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Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich, Manali Zope, Peter M. Fantozzi, Cassie N. Kline, Iris Paltin, Matthew C. Hocking   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source