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Title: An Examination of Monitored, Remote Microdata Access Systems

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2003

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Abstract: Many national statistical offices (NSOs) disseminate microdata in three ways: public use microdata files on CDROM or on-line, research centers or licensed sites, and remote access to restricted microdata. This paper covers a sampling of systems in NSOs that permit monitored remote access to restricted microdata. The sample includes six foreign systems and three systems in the United States (US). Section 1 of the paper covers foreign systems in the following order: Luxembourg Income Study, Statistics Canada, Statistics Denmark, Statistics Netherlands, Australian Bureau of Statistics, and Statistics Sweden. Section 2 covers US systems in federal agencies in the following order: National Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Education Statistics and Census Bureau. The type of methodology employed in each of the systems is reviewed for each country because the methodology influences the kinds of access and results given to users. The usage of each system and the kinds of research that have benefited from their use are reviewed for each country, in so far as such information is available. A few research programs in the US bearing on remote access to restricted microdata are also briefly reviewed in Section 3 because they are examples of the kinds of research that contribute to practical applications in the public sector. Appendices 1A and 1B have a summary of methodology and usage of US systems and Appendices 2A and 2B have a summary of methodology and usage of foreign systems.

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Authors: Rowland, Sandra

Conference Name: The National Academy of Sciences Workshop on Access to Research Data: Assessing Risks and Opportunities

Publisher Location: Washington, DC

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Other

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