Attrition in the Swiss household panel: Is change associated with drop-out?

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-318

  Voorpostel, Marieke ^a   Lipps, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nonresponse; Panel studies; Respondent characteristics; Response patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959500733     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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