Does use of the calendar in surveys reduce heaping?

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-132

  Becker, Stan ^a   Diop Sidibé, Nafissatou ^b  

^a Dept of Pop/Family Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; SURVEYING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041700043     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2003.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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