The effect of the elapsed time between the initial refusal and conversion contact on conversion success: Evidence from the 2nd round of the European social survey

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1053-1065

  Beullens, Koen ^a   Billiet, Jaak ^a   Loosveldt, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contact sheet data; Elapsed time; European Social Survey; Fieldwork strategy; Hold period; Refusal conversion; Survey nonresponse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956701756     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-009-9257-4     Document Type: Article

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