Title 13 of the United States Code
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Title 13 of the United States Code is the federal statute that governs the collection, confidentiality, and use of official statistical data in the United States, including the decennial census and related surveys.
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Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
federal statute
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title of the United States Code → |
| administeredThrough |
U.S. Census Bureau
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| alsoKnownAs |
Census Code
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| appliesTo |
U.S. Census Bureau
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all persons and entities required to respond to census inquiries → federal statistical activities related to the census → |
| authorizes |
conduct of other surveys necessary for the functions of the Census Bureau
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conduct of the decennial census of housing → conduct of the decennial census of population → |
| containsProvisionOn |
confidentiality of individual responses
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penalties for providing false answers to census questions → penalties for refusal or neglect to answer census questions → penalties for wrongful disclosure of census information → prohibition on disclosure of personally identifiable information → use of census data only for statistical purposes → |
| country |
United States
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| enforcedBy |
U.S. Department of Commerce
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| ensures |
confidential treatment of respondents’ information
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| governs |
collection of official statistical data
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confidentiality of official statistical data → decennial census → economic census → related surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau → use of official statistical data → |
| hasLanguage |
English
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| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
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| legalAuthorityFor |
collection of demographic data
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collection of economic data → decennial census operations → mandatory response requirements for certain census surveys → |
| legalBasisFor |
allocation of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on census data
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production of official population counts → |
| partOf |
United States Code
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| prohibits |
publication of data that would identify an individual or establishment
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use of census data for law enforcement → use of census data for taxation enforcement against individuals → |
| purpose |
to provide a legal framework for the collection and protection of official statistics in the United States
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| regulates |
access to microdata for research purposes
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publication of statistical tabulations and summaries → sharing of census data with other government agencies → |
| subject |
census
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confidentiality → data protection → statistics → |
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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1960 United States census
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2020 United States census → |
legalBasis |
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2010 United States census
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authority |
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2010 United States census
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confidentialityProtectedBy |
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Decennial United States Census
("Title 13 confidentiality provisions")
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confidentialityProtection |
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Bureau of the Census
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dataConfidentialityProtectedBy |
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Decennial United States Census
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governingLaw |
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Bureau of the Census
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legalMandate |