Record-Linkage from a Technical Point of View

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TRecord linkage is used for preparing sampling frames, deduplication of lists and combining information on the same object from two different databases. If the identifiers of the same objects in two different databases have error free unique common identifiers like personal identification numbers (PID), record linkage is a simple file merge operation. If the identifiers contains errors, record linkage is a challenging task. In many applications, the files have widely different numbers of observations, for example a few thousand records of a sample survey and a few million records of an administrative database of social security numbers. Available software, privacy issues and future research topics are discussed.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: RatSWD Working Paper ; No. 124

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Record-Linkage ; Data-mining ; Privacy preserving protocols

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schnell, Rainer
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/186229
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET