The effect of data collection mode and ethnicity of interviewer on response rates and self-reported alcohol use among Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands: An experimental study

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-248

  Dotinga, Aafje ^a   Van den Eijnden, Regina J J M ^a   Bosveld, Willem ^b   Garretsen, Henk F L ^a,c  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b Amsterdam Bureau for Research and Statistics (O+S)   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; TURKEY;

EID: 18144422076     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh144     Document Type: Article

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