Social distance, respondent cooperation and item nonresponse in sex survey

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-199

  Tu, Su Hao ^a   Liao, Pei Shan ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Don't know; Interview rapport; Item non response; Refusal; Respondent cooperation; Social distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847384138     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9088-0     Document Type: Article

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