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Experiences of implementing Bifrost

Experiences of implementing Bifrost. Lars-Erik Almberg, Karin Andersson , Lei Sun Statistics Sweden Ottawa October 30, 2013. Introduction. Statistics Sweden has developed Bifrost as a standard tool for disclosure control Quality advantage Support advantage. BIFROST. HTML-report.

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Experiences of implementing Bifrost

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  1. Experiences of implementing Bifrost Lars-Erik Almberg, Karin Andersson, Lei Sun Statistics Sweden Ottawa October 30, 2013

  2. Introduction • Statistics Sweden has developed Bifrost as a standard tool for disclosure control • Quality advantage • Support advantage

  3. BIFROST HTML-report SAS macros Logfile Outputfile(s) τ-Argus Command sas2argus Metadata Data Xpress Design: • choice and parameterization of the methods Implementation: • configuration of and adaptation to various production systems (SAS, SQL, .NET, Excel, …) Adaptation layer

  4. Bifrost %sas2argus( Jobname= Table1, prefix for all text files InData = Microdataset, micro data Explanatory = Year Size, explanatory variables Response = Input, response variable SafetyRule = P(20,1), primary suppression Suppress = MOD(1,10), secondary suppression Out = Inter(1), specifies the output from τ-Argus RunArgus = 1, text files are created and τ-Argus is executed SAS = 2, import the output from τ-Argus toSAS work Debug = 1 information is written in the SAS-log )

  5. Consent • The Swedish Secrecy Act ensures confidentiality for collected data • In some cases Statistics Sweden asks businesses for their consent • Consent control is done in three steps: • First %sas2argus is run to check which cells are sensitive • Then a control is made to check if some of the unsafe cells could be set to safe • Finally %sas2argus is run once more to do secondary suppression

  6. Consent %consent_control( Jobname = Table1, prefix for all files Microdata = Microdataset, micro data Consentdata = Consentdataset, consent data Id = Controlnr, identification variable of the businesses SafetyRule = P, primary suppression rule SafetyVar = 20, primary suppression parameter Var1 = Year, explanatory variable Var2 = Size, explanatory variable Response = Input, response variable )

  7. Experiences • Bifrosthas so far been implemented in about 10 surveys • Paid from a central pot • Bifrost with consent control has been implemented in 8 surveys • Problems • Groups of businesses (holdings) • Tables without totals • Complex table structures

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