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Testing Methods of Record Linkage on Swedish Censuses

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  • Maria J. Wisselgren
  • S�ren Edvinsson
  • Mats Berggren
  • Maria Larsson

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Research benefits a great deal when different kinds of registers can be combined. Record linkage is an important tool for connecting sources to create longitudinal databases of individual data. In this article, researchers test and evaluate different methods of record linkage used when linking two censuses. By comparing the results of the census linkage with other continuous Swedish parish registers, they find that applying constructed name variables and household links considerably increases the success rate without the risk of introducing bias. Missing links are mainly related to name problems, and appear most frequently among children and when the family structure has changed between the censuses. Faulty links are very few and must be regarded as only a marginal problem for analysis. The study underlines the importance of adapting the linkage process to the special characteristics of the sources.

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  • Maria J. Wisselgren & S�ren Edvinsson & Mats Berggren & Maria Larsson, 2014. "Testing Methods of Record Linkage on Swedish Censuses," Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(3), pages 138-151, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vhimxx:v:47:y:2014:i:3:p:138-151
    DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2014.913967
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    1. Martha J. Bailey & Connor Cole & Morgan Henderson & Catherine Massey, 2020. "How Well Do Automated Linking Methods Perform? Lessons from US Historical Data," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 58(4), pages 997-1044, December.
    2. Daniel Oudin Åström & Sören Edvinsson & David Hondula & Joacim Rocklöv & Barbara Schumann, 2016. "On the association between weather variability and total and cause-specific mortality before and during industrialization in Sweden," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 35(33), pages 991-1010.
    3. Cuccaro-Alamin, Stephanie & Eastman, Andrea Lane & Foust, Regan & McCroskey, Jacquelyn & Nghiem, Huy Tran & Putnam-Hornstein, Emily, 2021. "Strategies for constructing household and family units with linked administrative records," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).

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