Identifying Factors Affecting Longitudinal Survey Response

Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 157-181

  Watson, Nicole ^a   Wooden, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Factors affecting response and attrition; HILDA survey and predicting response; Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey; National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY); Original sample members (OSMs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948737603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470743874.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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