Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: How the TopDown Algorithm Works
Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: How the TopDown Algorithm Works
Report Number: C2020BR-04
This is the third in a series of briefs describing how disclosure avoidance methods are being applied to 2020 Census data products and the implications of those methods for data users.
This brief describes how differential privacy works and how it is applied to the 2020 Census Redistricting Data and Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC).
Others in Series
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Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census Redistricting Data
This brief provides key information about disclosure avoidance for the 2020 Census Redistricting Data.
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Why the Census Bureau Chose Differential Privacy
This brief describing how disclosure avoidance methods are being applied to 2020 Census data products and implications of those methods for data users.
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Disclosure Avoidance and the Detailed DHC-A: How SafeTab-P Works
This brief describes how differential privacy works and how it is applied to the 2020 Census Detailed DHC-A.
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