The loss of personal privacy and its consequences for social research

Journal of Government Information

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 493-527

  Robbin, Alice ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Data access; Data sharing; Decennial census; Information privacy; Personal privacy; Public use microdata sample; PUMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035728253     PISSN: 13520237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-0237(02)00343-X     Document Type: Article

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