Non-compulsory voting in Australia?: What surveys can (and can't) tell us

Electoral Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-48

  Jackman, S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian politics; Compulsory voting; Non response; Social desirability; Turnout

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; SURVEYING; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033047853     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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