Effects of interviewer gender, interviewer choice, and item wording on responses to questions concerning sexual behavior

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-375

  Catania, Joseph A ^a   Binson, Diane ^a   Canchola, Jesse ^a   Pollack, Lance M ^a   Hauck, Walter ^b   Coates, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030360761     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/297758     Document Type: Article

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