The comparability of measurements of attitudes toward immigration in the European social survey: Exact versus approximate measurement equivalence

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 244-266

  Davidov, Eldad ^a   Cieciuch, Jan ^b,c   Meuleman, Bart ^d   Schmidt, Peter ^e   Algesheimer, René ^b   Hausherr, Mirjam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84929623369     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfv008     Document Type: Review

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