The impact of survey choice on measuring the relative importance of social security benefits to the elderly

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 55-64

  Fisher, T Lynn ^a  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PENSION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; PENSIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 44649180721     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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