A middle class image of society: A study of undercoverage and nonresponse bias in a telephone survey

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-49

  Van Goor, Henk ^a   Rispens, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Middle class bias; Nonresponse; Telephone survey; Undercoverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843123326     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QUQU.0000013237.59150.ff     Document Type: Article

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