<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We compare two general strategies for performing statistical disclosure limitation (SDL) for continuous microdata subject to edit rules. In the first, existing SDL methods are applied, and any constraint-violating values they produce are replaced using a constraint-preserving imputation procedure. In the second, the SDL methods are modified to prevent them from generating violations. We present a simulation study, based on data from the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey, that evaluates the performance of the two strategies as applied to several SDL methods. The results suggest that differences in risk-utility profiles across SDL methods dwarf differences between the two general strategies. Among the SDL strategies, variants of microaggregation and partially synthetic data offer the most attractive risk-utility profiles.</p></abstract>

We compare two general strategies for performing statistical disclosure limitation (SDL) for continuous microdata subject to edit rules. In the first, existing SDL methods are applied, and any constraint-violating values they produce are replaced using a constraint-preserving imputation procedure. In the second, the SDL methods are modified to prevent them from generating violations. We present a simulation study, based on data from the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey, that evaluates the performance of the two strategies as applied to several SDL methods. The results suggest that differences in risk-utility profiles across SDL methods dwarf differences between the two general strategies. Among the SDL strategies, variants of microaggregation and partially synthetic data offer the most attractive risk-utility profiles.

Statistical Disclosure Limitation in the Presence of Edit Rules

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Journal of Official Statistics

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We compare two general strategies for performing statistical disclosure limitation (SDL) for continuous microdata subject to edit rules. In the first, existing...

Statistical Disclosure Limitation in the Presence of Edit Rules

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 121 - 138

Received: Oct 01, 2013

Accepted: Sep 01, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0006

Keywords
Confidentiality, imputation, survey, synthetic data

© 2015 Hang J. Kim et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Statistical Disclosure Limitation in the Presence of Edit Rules

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 121 - 138

Received: Oct 01, 2013

Accepted: Sep 01, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0006

KeywordsConfidentiality, imputation, survey, synthetic data

© 2015 Hang J. Kim et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Confidentiality, imputation, survey, synthetic data