Multilevel modelling of refusal and non-contact in household surveys: Evidence from six UK Government surveys

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-381

  Durrant, Gabriele B ^a   Steele, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census link study; Multilevel multinomial models; Non contact; Refusal; Survey unit non response; Theories of survey participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249117695     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2008.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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