Frequency Tables Disclosure Control for the Abu Dhabi Census 2011

Statistical Disclosure Control Methods for Census Frequency Tables

This paper provides a review of common statistical disclosure control (SDC) methods implemented at Statistical Agencies for standard tabular outputs containing whole population counts from a Census (either enumerated or based on a register). These methods include record swapping on the microdata prior to its tabulation and rounding of entries in the tables after they are produced. The approach ...

WP. 33 ENGLISH ONLY UNITED NATIONS STATISTICAL COMMISSION and ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN STATISTICIANS EUROPEAN COMMISSION STATISTICAL OFFICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (EUROSTAT)

In order to manage the disclosure risk in frequency tables containing population counts, the tables undergo statistical disclosure control (SDC) methods. This results in information loss. We examine quantitative information loss measures for frequency tables and compare them across different SDC methods. We show examples of the information loss measures on real UK 2001 Census tables after they ...

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Statistical Disclosure Control: New Directions and Challenges

Traditionally, statistical agencies generally release outputs in the form of microdata and tabular data. Microdata contain data from social surveys and tabular data contain either frequency counts, such as for census dissemination, or magnitude data typically arising from business surveys, eg. total revenue. For each of these traditional outputs, there has been much research on how to quantify ...

Factors affecting health and safety, particularly sharps injuries, in medical waste handlers in hospitals in the rapidly developing desert emirate of Abu-Dhabi; a questionnaire study

Introduction / objectives Globally, the management of medical waste poses an increasing concern to health authorities and the public. This is particularly notable in developing countries such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where efforts are underway to control the problem. Objectives: to investigate the health problems facing medical waste handlers while collecting medical waste in Abu-Dhab...