'I don't know' in public opinion surveys in China: Individual and contextual causes of item non-response

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 223-244

  Zhu, Jian Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 8844244152     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670569608724251     Document Type: Article

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7. Jean Converse, 'Predicting no opinion in the polls'. Public Opinion Quarterly 40, (1976), pp. 515-530.