Correlates of Obtaining Informed Consent to Data Linkage: Respondent, Interview, and Interviewer Characteristics

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 414-439

  Sala, Emanuela ^a   Burton, Jonathan ^b   Knies, Gundi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

administrative records; BHPS; consent; data linkage; interview features; interviewer characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865717246     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124112457330     Document Type: Article

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