Linking Survey and Administrative Records: Mechanisms of Consent

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-569

  Sakshaug, Joseph W ^a,b   Couper, Mick P ^c   Ofstedal, Mary Beth ^c   Weir, David R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative records; attentiveness; consent; data linkage; health and retirement study; interviewer effects; mechanisms; privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868145925     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124112460381     Document Type: Article

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