Improving response rates for Spanish speakers in two-phase mail surveys

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 721-732

  Brick, J Michael ^a   Montaquila, Jill M ^a   Han, Daifeng ^a   Williams, Douglas ^a  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

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EID: 84870173403     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfs050     Document Type: Article

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