- Location
- Virtual
- Series/Type
- DLSPH Event
- Dates
- March 14, 2022 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm
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Dr. Steven Ruggles
Regents Professor of History and Population Studies,
Director, Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation,
University of Minnesota
Free Event | Registration Required
Talk Title: Privacy and Disclosure Control in the U.S. Census.
Abstract: Ever since the first census in 1790, Americans have expressed concerns about the census’s invasion of privacy. In response, the U.S. census has implemented a series of measures to limit public disclosure of census responses. Recently, the Census Bureau has adopted a radical reinterpretation of disclosure control that will undermine the usability of census data for research, policy-making, and planning. This paper places the new developments in historical context and provides a critique of the Census Bureau rationale for their new data policies.
