Differential response rates in postal and web-based surveys among older respondents

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Bech, Mickael ^a   Kristensen, Morten Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Online survey; Postal survey; Response behaviour; Response rates; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957698232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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