Clarifying question meaning in a household telephone survey

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-28

  Conrad, Frederick G ^a,b   Schober, Michael F ^c  

^a Amer Assoc for Pub Opinion Res   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0034335458     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316757     Document Type: Article

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