Definition: Matching

Category: Memobust Glossary

Process of bringing together data (represented in records) relating to units and spread over two data sets, based on common or very similar characteristics in the form of primary or object characteristic values. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Source:
Eurostat, "Memobust Glossary" (part of the Memobust Handbook on Methodology of Modern Business Statistics), ESSnet "Memobust", March 2014
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