Introduction: Nonresponse bias in household surveys

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 637-645

  Singer, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33845725522     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfl034     Document Type: Article

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