Moving from a decennial census to a continuous measurement survey: Factors affecting nonresponse at the neighborhood level

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-241

  Salvo, Joseph J ^a   Lobo, Arun Peter ^a  

^a Population Division   (United States)

Author keywords

American Community Survey; Imputation; Mail return; Nonresponse; Small area data

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEIGHBORHOOD;

EID: 34249652446     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-006-0008-0     Document Type: Article

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