Clarification: We are not including the geographic location in the data, only the local averages. The only question is whether you want to do this, or rely on us to do it for you. Either way, the analytical dataset will have only the geocoded averages in it, not the census tract information.
Bernie ************************************************************* Bernard S. Black [email protected] Nicholas D. Chabraja Professor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Institute for Policy Research Kellogg School of Management, Finance Dep't Law School: 375 East Chicago Ave., Chicago IL 60611 Kellogg: 2211 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208 tel: law: 312-503-2784; Kellogg: 847-491-5049; cell: 847-807-9599 papers on SSRN at: http://ssrn.com/author=16042 ************************************************************ -----Original Message----- From: Dan Connelly Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 1:29 PM To: Bernard Black <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Mei Liu <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Lindsey Cook <[email protected]>; Charon Gladfelter <[email protected]>; Brennan Connolly <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Hillary Sandoval <[email protected]>; George Kowalski <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [gpc-informatics] #544: how to convert ACS raw variables to CAP variables (e.g. type of health insurance)? The tract identifier identifies a geographic location with less than 20,000 people in it, in most cases. That puts it on the PHI side of the "Safe Harbor" method, no? Excerpt from "Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information in Accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule" https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.hhs.gov_hipaa_for-2Dprofessionals_privacy_special-2Dtopics_de-2Didentification_index.html&d=DwIF-g&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=UogPJ7VYoAeiC8NNwyY5AxLx8QgaRiMcicgAv7oi3tc&m=U78KtNME0I70ZozrDQ4Eb2iFWMXFlV6L5ANpuzQvQ10&s=5L4-CYK_x0znYIze381codm7XjhTBwzr-NgWIiDYWfw&e= : the "Safe Harbor" method: (2)(i) The following identifiers of the individual or of relatives, employers, or household members of the individual, are removed: (B) All geographic subdivisions smaller than a state, including street address, city, county, precinct, ZIP code, and their equivalent geocodes, except for the initial three digits of the ZIP code if, according to the current publicly available data from the Bureau of the Census: (1) The geographic unit formed by combining all ZIP codes with the same three initial digits contains more than 20,000 people; and (2) The initial three digits of a ZIP code for all such geographic units containing 20,000 or fewer people is changed to 000 -- Dan ________________________________________ From: Bernard Black [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 1:09 PM To: [email protected]; Dan Connolly; Mei Liu; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Lindsey Cook; Charon Gladfelter; Brennan Connolly; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Hillary Sandoval; George Kowalski Subject: RE: [gpc-informatics] #544: how to convert ACS raw variables to CAP variables (e.g. type of health insurance)? Census tract information *is* averaged, and is not PHI. That is why Census is willing to release it. Bernie ************************************************************* Bernard S. Black [email protected] Nicholas D. Chabraja Professor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Institute for Policy Research Kellogg School of Management, Finance Dep't Law School: 375 East Chicago Ave., Chicago IL 60611 Kellogg: 2211 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208 tel: law: 312-503-2784; Kellogg: 847-491-5049; cell: 847-807-9599 papers on SSRN at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ssrn.com_author-3D16042&d=DwIF-g&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=UogPJ7VYoAeiC8NNwyY5AxLx8QgaRiMcicgAv7oi3tc&m=U78KtNME0I70ZozrDQ4Eb2iFWMXFlV6L5ANpuzQvQ10&s=KBr07Xe7ZOUTPiBff46YgGD4jsS9d4Z74Y252zmRqRY&e= ************************************************************ -----Original Message----- From: GPC Informatics [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 12:11 PM To: Dan Connelly <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; Bernard Black <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; Lindsey Cook <[email protected]>; Charon Gladfelter <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; George Kowalski <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [gpc-informatics] #544: how to convert ACS raw variables to CAP variables (e.g. type of health insurance)? #544: how to convert ACS raw variables to CAP variables (e.g. type of health insurance)? --------------------------+----------------------- Reporter: dconnolly | Owner: meiliu Type: design-issue | Status: assigned Priority: major | Milestone: next-d Component: data-stds | Resolution: Keywords: | Blocked By: Blocking: 598 | --------------------------+----------------------- Comment (by meiliu): Our most recent IRB protocol is in the attachment. - As noted in the protocol, "...variables such as income, educational attainment, likelihood of employment, poverty status, owner-occupied house value, and health insurance coverage derived from geocoded address data will be used only as average values, not tied to any specific individual but rather to study populations." - I did not find any language on sharing census tract information. I've discussed this with Tamara McMahon and agree that since census tract may be PHI, we currently don't have the governance to take approach 1. Welcome any input from other sites. -- Ticket URL: <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__informatics.gpcnetwork.org_trac_Project_ticket_544-23comment-3A15&d=DwICaQ&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=CqPxCu-EywA2wo4iO-6BFqfwPQ2roHdsnjQi7SSLgLE&m=wjt2QT-caC0BaQoqA-1jzlQgfOhmfVhDcHV0oV9o_sA&s=SiG0BJXb-ag0DCYa_svdEDeEWNVOJVkGOkV0JtvXSAY&e=> gpc-informatics <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__informatics.gpcnetwork.org_&d=DwICaQ&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=CqPxCu-EywA2wo4iO-6BFqfwPQ2roHdsnjQi7SSLgLE&m=wjt2QT-caC0BaQoqA-1jzlQgfOhmfVhDcHV0oV9o_sA&s=Mpnaed_RgiVlMRfvyIbhydJzr6UR3yEq9-l7Cbir8co&e=> Greater Plains Network - Informatics _______________________________________________ Gpc-dev mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.kumc.edu/mailman/listinfo/gpc-dev
