Response effects to attitudinal questions about domestic violence against women: A comparative perspective

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 873-884

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a,b   Halim, Nafisa ^a   Hynes, Michelle ^b   Hillman, Emily R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Demographic and Health Surveys; Domestic violence; Response effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953226211     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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