Testing for measurement equivalence in surveys: Dimensions of social trust across cultural contexts

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue S1, 2013, Pages 24-44

  Freitag, Markus ^a   Bauer, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84875619668     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfs064     Document Type: Review

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