Measuring time use in surveys - Concordance of survey and experience sampling measures

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1037-1052

  Sonnenberg, Bettina ^a,b   Riediger, Michaela ^a,b   Wrzus, Cornelia ^a   Wagner, Gert G ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experience sampling method; GSOEP; Survey methods; Time use; Validity; Working hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863092729     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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