The effects of question order and response-choice on self-rated health status in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Bowling, A ^a   Windsor, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 37749008848     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.058214     Document Type: Article

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