Applying motivation theory to achieve increased response rates, respondent satisfaction and data quality

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 393-414

  Wenemark, Marika ^a   Persson, Andreas ^b   Brage, Helle Noorlind ^a   Svensson, Tommy ^c   Kristenson, Margareta ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Östergötland County Council ^*

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intrinsic motivation; Questionnaire; Respondent motivation; Self determination theory; Survey design

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959565638     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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