Power, Culture and Item Nonresponse in Social Surveys

This chapter investigates a set of hypotheses linking dimensions of social status, power, diversity and culture to survey item nonresponse. Cross-national data drawn from 35 countries and 48,720 respondents who participated in the 2016 International Socia

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Philip S. Brenner  Editor

Understanding Survey Methodology Sociological Theory and Applications

Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research Volume 4

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Philip S. Brenner Editor

Understanding Survey Methodology Sociological Theory and Applications

Editor Philip S. Brenner Department of Sociology University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA, USA

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Contents

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Why Survey Methodology Needs Sociology and Why Sociology Needs Survey Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip S. Brenner

Part I 2

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Sociological Theory and Survey Methodology

Towards Survey Response Rate