Investigation of validity of closed questions in a survey of British South Asian and white populations

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-65

  Boniface, David R ^a   Burchell, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Closed questions; Ethnic group; Ethnicity; Open questions; Research methods; Survey; Validity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034025531     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850050007356     Document Type: Article

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