createNewID

This is useful if the record IDs consist, for example, of a geo identifier and the household line number.
This method can be used to create new, random IDs that cannot be reconstructed.

Data from statistical agencies and other institutions are mostly
confidential. This package (see also Templ, Kowarik and Meindl (2017) <doi:10.18637/jss.v067.i04>) can be used for the generation of anonymized
(micro)data, i.e. for the creation of public- and scientific-use files.
The theoretical basis for the methods implemented can be found in Templ (2017) <doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50272-4>.
Various risk estimation and anonymisation methods are included. Note that the package
includes a graphical user interface (Meindl and Templ, 2019 <doi:10.3390/a12090191>) that allows to use various methods of this
package.

Matthias Templ

sdcMicro

Statistical Disclosure Control Methods for Anonymization of Data
and Risk Estimation

Bernhard Meindl

Alexander Kowarik

createNewID function

<dl><dt>obj</dt>
<dd>an <code>sdcMicroObj-class</code>-object</dd>
<dt>newID</dt>
<dd>a character specifiying the desired variable name of the new ID</dd>
<dt>withinVar</dt>
<dd>if not <code>NULL</code> a character vector specifying a variable (e.g an existing household ID) which
will be used when calculating the new IDs. If specified, the same IDs will be assigned to the same values of the given variable.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Creates new randomized IDs — createNewID

<dl>

<dt>obj</dt>
<dd>an <code>sdcMicroObj-class</code>-object</dd>


<dt>newID</dt>
<dd>a character specifiying the desired variable name of the new ID</dd>


<dt>withinVar</dt>
<dd>if not <code>NULL</code> a character vector specifying a variable (e.g an existing household ID) which
will be used when calculating the new IDs. If specified, the same IDs will be assigned to the same values of the given variable.</dd>

</dl>

createNewID: Creates new randomized IDs

Description

Usage

Value

Arguments