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Snoke J, Haas A, Martino SC, Elliott MN. Differential Privacy Protections in 2020 U.S. Decennial Census Data Do Not Impede Measurement of Racial and Ethnic Disparities. Med Care Res Rev 2024; 81:346-350. [PMID: 38742620 DOI: 10.1177/10775587241251870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
Census data are vital to health care research but must also protect respondents' confidentiality. The 2020 decennial Census employs a new Differential Privacy framework; this study examines its effect on the accuracy of an important tool for measuring health disparities, the Bayesian Improved Surname and Geocoding (BISG) algorithm, which uses Census Block Group data to estimate race and ethnicity when self-reported data are unavailable. Using self-reported race and ethnicity data as our standard, we compared the accuracy of BISG estimates calculated using the original 2010 Census counts to the accuracy of estimates calculated using 2010 data but with 2020 Differential Privacy in place. The Differential Privacy methodology slightly decreases BISG accuracy for American Indian and Alaska Native people but has little effect for other groups, suggesting that the methodology will not impede health disparities research that employs BISG and similar methods.
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Affiliation(s)
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- RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Hodge JG, Wetter SA, White EN. Legal Crises in Public Health. THE JOURNAL OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS : A JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS 2019; 47:778-782. [PMID: 31957581 DOI: 10.1177/1073110519897792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- James G Hodge
- James G. Hodge, Jr., J.D., LL.M., is the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law and Director, Center for Public Health Law and Policy (CPHLP), at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU). Sarah A. Wetter, J.D., M.P.H., is Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security, University of Maryland. Erica N. White is a Senior Legal Researcher, CPHLP, and J.D. Candidate (2021) at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, ASU
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- James G. Hodge, Jr., J.D., LL.M., is the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law and Director, Center for Public Health Law and Policy (CPHLP), at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU). Sarah A. Wetter, J.D., M.P.H., is Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security, University of Maryland. Erica N. White is a Senior Legal Researcher, CPHLP, and J.D. Candidate (2021) at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, ASU
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- James G. Hodge, Jr., J.D., LL.M., is the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law and Director, Center for Public Health Law and Policy (CPHLP), at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU). Sarah A. Wetter, J.D., M.P.H., is Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security, University of Maryland. Erica N. White is a Senior Legal Researcher, CPHLP, and J.D. Candidate (2021) at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, ASU
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