Handbook of nonresponse in household surveys / Jelke Bethlehem, Fannie Cobben, Barry Schouten.

Author
Bethlehem, Jelke G. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011.
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 474 pages) : illustrations.

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Summary note
This volume presents an all-inclusive guide to the problem of nonresponse in household surveys, providing an overview of the theory while also describing practical implications. The book begins with a general overview of the nonresponse problem, outlining existing sources of error and guidelines for calculating response rates according to various international standards. The theoretical content of survey sampling is also explored and presented in a chapter along with a discussion on nonresponse on survey estimates and missing data mechanisms. Subsequent chapters provide guidance on ...
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
  • The nonresponse problem
  • Basic theoretical concepts
  • Reducing nonresponse
  • Nonresponse and the mode of data collection
  • Analysis of nonresponse
  • An international comparison of nonresponse
  • Nonresponse and representativity
  • Weighting adjustment techniques
  • Selection of auxiliary variables
  • Re-approaching nonrespondents
  • The use of response propensities
  • Analysis and adjustment accounting for the cause of nonresponse
  • Adaptive survey designs
  • Item nonresponse
  • Miscellaneous topics.
ISBN
  • 9780470891056 ((electronic bk.))
  • 047089105X ((electronic bk.))
  • 9780470891049 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0470891041 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9781118102220 ((electronic bk.))
  • 1118102223 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
701308666
Doi
  • 10.1002/9780470891056
Other standard number
  • 9786613025210
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