The effects of standardizing names for record linkage: Evidence from the United States and Norway

Historical Methods

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-24

  Vick, Rebecca ^a   Huynh, Lap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

census; historical demography; microdata; Norway; record linkage; United States

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RECORD;

NORWAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952012366     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2010.514849     Document Type: Article

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