Sexual orientation in the 2013 national health interview survey: A quality assessment

Vital and Health Statistics, Series 2: Data Evaluation and Methods Research

Volumn , Issue 169, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Dahlhamer, James M ^a   Galinsky, Adena M ^a   Joestl, Sarah S ^a   Ward, Brian W ^a  

^a Division of Health Interview Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Data quality; Item nonresponse; Measurement error; Sexual identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921929864     PISSN: 00832057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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