Record linkage in the Cape of Good Hope Panel.

In this article, we describe the record linkage procedure to create a panel from Cape Colony census returns, or opgaafrolle, for 1787–1828, a dataset of 42,354 household-level observations. Based on a subset of manually linked records, we first evaluate statistical models and deterministic algorithm...

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Published in:	Historical Methods Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 112 - 130
Main Authors:	Rijpma, Auke, Cilliers, Jeanne, Fourie, Johan
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr-Jun2020
Subjects:	Census Taxation statistics Tax returns Statistical models Deterministic algorithms Machine learning Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
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