Religiosity-of-interviewer effects: Assessing the impact of veiled enumerators on survey response in Egypt

Politics and Religion

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 459-482

  Blaydes, Lisa ^a   Gillum, Rachel M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84884895726     PISSN: 17550483     EISSN: 17550491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755048312000557     Document Type: Review

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