Examining the relationship between nonresponse propensity and data quality in two national household surveys

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 934-955

  Fricker, Scott ^a   Tourangeau, Roger ^b,c  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 79951665068     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfq064     Document Type: Article

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