Survey non-response procedures in cross-national perspective: The 2005 ISSP non-response survey

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-54

  Smith, Tom W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentives; Interviewers; Paradata; Survey climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249152784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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