Trends in income nonresponse over two decades

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-164

  Yan, Ting ^a   Curtin, Richard ^b   Jans, Matthew ^c  

^a University of Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Income; Longitudinal trend; Nonresponse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951851881     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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