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An Assessment of CenSoc Match Quality

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  • Breen, Casey
  • Osborne, Maria

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The CenSoc datasets link individual-level 1940 Census records to Social Security death records using deterministic record linkage algorithms. In this technical report, we describe our record linkage methodology and assess the accuracy and representativeness of the CenSoc Version 2.1 matches.

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  • Breen, Casey & Osborne, Maria, 2022. "An Assessment of CenSoc Match Quality," SocArXiv bj5md, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:bj5md
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/bj5md
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    1. Ran Abramitzky & Leah Boustan & Katherine Eriksson & James Feigenbaum & Santiago Pérez, 2021. "Automated Linking of Historical Data," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 59(3), pages 865-918, September.
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