LODES Design and Methodology Report: Methodology Version 7
LODES Design and Methodology Report: Methodology Version 7
Working Paper Number: CES-25-52
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to document the important features of Version 7 of the LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) processing system. This includes data sources, data processing methodology, confidentiality protection methodology, some quality measures, and a high-level description of the published data. The intended audience for this document includes LODES data users, Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership members, U.S. Census Bureau management, program quality auditors, and current and future research and development staff members.
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