topcode

An upper income threshold beyond which census responses are censored, to prevent very wealthy individuals from being identified by their income.

Noun

  1. An upper income threshold beyond which census responses are censored, to prevent very wealthy individuals from being identified by their income.

Origin

From top + code.

Forms

topcodes

Verb

  1. To censor a census response in this way.

Forms

topcodes topcoding topcoded