Table 2.
A comparison of the most common fields in the created synthetic data and the original data it was based on
| Surname (top 5) |
Synthetic Per cent |
Original Per cent |
Male forename (top 5) |
Synthetic Per cent |
Original Per cent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missing value |
1.98 |
|
Missing value |
1.99 |
|
| Smith |
0.92 |
0.94 |
John |
3.44 |
3.47 |
| Jones |
0.55 |
0.55 |
David |
3.09 |
3.09 |
| Brown |
0.46 |
0.46 |
Michael |
2.95 |
2.95 |
| Williams |
0.46 |
0.46 |
Peter |
2.87 |
2.88 |
| Taylor |
0.44 |
0.44 |
Robert |
2.47 |
2.47 |
|
Female forename (top 5) |
Synthetic Per cent |
Original Per cent |
Postcode (top 5) |
Synthetic Per cent |
Original Per cent |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Missing value |
1.99 |
|
Missing value |
1.01 |
|
| Margaret |
1.57 |
1.56 |
6210 |
2.84 |
2.84 |
| Susan |
1.35 |
1.34 |
6163 |
2.33 |
2.34 |
| Patricia |
1.22 |
1.22 |
6027 |
2.06 |
2.05 |
| Jennifer |
1.19 |
1.20 |
6155 |
2.02 |
2.02 |
| Elizabeth | 1.05 | 1.05 | 6065 | 2.00 | 1.98 |