Measurement issues in surveys of giving and volunteering and strategies applied in the design of Canada's National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 515-526

  Hall, Michael H ^a  

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EID: 0035438058     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764001303009     Document Type: Article

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