Respondent behavior in panel studies: A case study for income nonresponse by means of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 118-156

  Schräpler, Jörg Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interviewer effects; Item nonresponse; Multilevel modeling; Panel analysis; Respondent behavior; SOEP

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543040025     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124103262689     Document Type: Article

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