Should demographics be placed at the end or at the beginning of mailed questionnaires? An empirical answer to a persistent methodological question

Social Work Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 237-240

  Green, Robert G ^a   Murphy, Katrina D ^a   Snyder, Shelita M ^a  

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EID: 0039253663     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/24.4.237     Document Type: Article

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