Assessing the magnitude of non-consent biases in linked survey and administrative data

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-122

  Sakshaug, Joseph W ^a,b   Kreuter, Frauke ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data linkage; Data quality; Measurement error; Non consent bias; Nonresponse; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883639233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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