Keeping the gate: Declinations of the request to participate in a telephone survey interview

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-79

  Maynard, Douglas W ^a   Schaeffer, Nora Cate ^a  

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EID: 0031503421     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124197026001002     Document Type: Article

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