Providing census tabulations to government security agencies in the United States: The case of Arab Americans

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 470-487

  El Badry, Samia ^a,b   Swanson, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b International Demographic and Economic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American; Confidentiality; Non response; Public trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947644872     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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