Applications of calendar instruments in social surveys: A review

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-349

  Glasner, Tina ^a   Van Der Vaart, Wander ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aided recall techniques; Calendar methods; Data collection; Life course research; Memory; Questionnaire design; Retrospective data; Timeline

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749093383     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9129-8     Document Type: Review

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