Validation Study for a Record Linkage of Births and Infant Deaths in Canada - ARCHIVED

Journals and periodicals: 84F0013X

Description:

This study was initiated to test the validity of probabilistic linkage methods used at Statistics Canada. It compared the results of data linkages on infant deaths in Canada with infant death data from Nova Scotia and Alberta. It also compared the availability of fetal deaths on the national and provincial files.

Frequency: Occasional
Author(s): Allen, Alexander; Cyr, Margaret; Fair, Martha; Guyon, Grace; MacDonald, Ralph; Wen, Shi Wu
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