Panel attrition: How important is interviewer continuity?

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 443-457

  Lynn, Peter ^a   Kaminska, Olena ^a   Goldstein, Harvey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal survey; Multiple membership multilevel model; Nonresponse; Refusal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906913012     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/JOS-2014-0028     Document Type: Article

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