Rationale and procedures for nesting semi-structured interviews in surveys or censuses

Population Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-195

  Schatz, Enid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; ageing; health and demographic surveillance systems; HIV AIDS; Malawi; mixed methods; qualitative methods; South Africa; survey

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING POPULATION; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

MALAWI; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84862276139     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2012.658851     Document Type: Article

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