Non-Sampling Error and Data Quality: What Can We Learn from Surveys to Collect Data for Vulnerability Measurements?

World Development

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-35

  Phung, T D ^a   Hardeweg, B ^b   Praneetvatakul, S ^c   Waibel, H ^b  

^a Mekong Development Research Institute   (Viet Nam)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Household survey; Non sampling error; Thailand; Vietnam; Vulnerability to poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890408385     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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