The PUMS data has a variable RNTP (Monthly Rent) and ADJHSG (inflation factor). I have a small area estimation program (R package) that will produce synthetic data for census tracts and blockgroups. The synthetic data files have the same structure as ...

I work with the microdata about as, if not more, often than I work with tabulations. The PUMS microdata have had the "tabooed" methods applied to them, as far as I understand. Does that mean that these data will be pulled? (That's a rhetorical question, ...

The short answer is that we don't know yet. My reading is that small-area tabulations below the county level could face the biggest challenges if disclosure avoidance methods currently used by the CB are no longer allowed. Geographic aggregation is ...

Since this is a list for geeks....can I also ask about "binning" or "aggregating" geographic units. Would the order also impact the release of block, block group, or tract level tabulations on the ground of disclosure avoidance? Margo Anderson ...

The Commerce Department issued an order on June 4 prohibiting the use of "noise infusion" as a disclosure avoidance technique for Census Bureau statistical products. The potential implications for the ACS are still unclear, but this is worth watching ...