Are interactional behaviors exhibited when the self-reported health question is asked associated with health status?

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1025-1036

  Garbarski, Dana ^a,b   Schaeffer, Nora Cate ^a   Dykema, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Health; Interaction coding; Interactional behaviors; Interviewer respondent interaction; Question answer sequences; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957482459     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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