The effects of questionnaire translation on demographic data and analysis

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-454

  Weinreb, Alexander A ^a   Sana, Mariano ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Developing countries; Field methods; Kenya; Questionnaire translation; Standardized interview

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FIELDWORK; LANGUAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70449534909     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-008-9106-5     Document Type: Article

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