Comparing the Utility and Disclosure Risk of Synthetic Data with Samples of Microdata. (arXiv:2207.03339v1 [cs.CR])

Most statistical agencies release randomly selected samples of Census
microdata, usually with sample fractions under 10% and with other forms of
statistical disclosure control (SDC) applied. An alternative to SDC is data
synthesis, which has been attracting growing interest, yet there is no clear
consensus on how to measure the associated utility and disclosure risk of the
data. The ability to produce synthetic Census microdata, where the utility and
associated risks are clearly understood, could mean that more timely and …

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