Nonresponse in the Dutch time use survey: Strategies for response enhancement and bias reduction

Field Methods

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-90

  Van Ingen, Erik ^a   Stoop, Ineke ^b   Breedveld, Koen ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP   (Netherlands)

^c WJH Mulier Institute

Author keywords

Busyness; Nonresponse bias; Response rates; Survey research; Time use studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349108242     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X08323099     Document Type: Article

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