Statistical agencies that own different databases on overlapping subjects can benefit greatly from combining their data. These benefits are passed on to secondary data analysts when the combined data are disseminated to the public. Sometimes combining data across agencies or sharing these data...

The paper presents an illustration and empirical study of releasing multiply imputed, fully synthetic public use microdata. Simulations based on data from the US Current Population Survey are used to evaluate the potential validity of inferences based on fully synthetic data for a variety of...