Exploring survey non-response: The effect of attrition on a follow-up of the 1984-85 health and life style survey

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-183

  Gray, Rebecca ^a   Campanelli, Pamela ^a   Deepchand, Kavita ^a   Prescott Clarke, Patricia ^a  

^a Social and Comm Planning Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attrition; Health surveys; Non response

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002425155     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2988406     Document Type: Article

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