Working toward effective anonymization for surveillance data: innovation at South Africa’s Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance Site

In this paper, the authors evaluate several geomasking techniques applied to data from the Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System in rural South Africa, aimed at reducing the likelihood of respondent identification.

 

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Lori M. Hunter, Catherine Talbot, Wayne Twine, Joe McGlinchy, Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula, Daniel Ohene-Kwofie
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Hunter, L.M., Talbot, C., Twine, W. et al. 2021. Working toward effective anonymization for surveillance data: innovation at South Africa’s Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance Site. Population & Environment 42:445–476.

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Publication year: 
2021
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