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Disclosure Avoidance for the DHC and Guidance for Data Users
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Disclosure Avoidance for the DHC and Guidance for Data Users
Disclosure Avoidance for the Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC) and Guidance for Data Users
August 05, 2024
Written by:
Population Reference Bureau and the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Census Data Products and Dissemination Team
Report Number C2020BR-08
This is the sixth in a series of briefs describing disclosure avoidance methods used to protect 2020 Census data products and the implications of those methods for data users.
This brief focuses on the disclosure avoidance implications for the 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC) and potential use cases.
If you are interested in understanding how disclosure avoidance was applied to the DHC, refer to "Disclosure Avoidance and the 2020 Census: How the TopDown Algorithm Works."
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