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Age and Sex in the Interview

American Journal of SociologyPublished 1 September 1956
Mark Benney, David Riesman, Shirley A. Star
Citations79
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SJR score2.81
SNIP2.56

Abstract

Analyzing combinationsof sex and age of interviewer and respondent in interviews in a sensitive area of communication reveals, for example, that male interviewers obtain fewer responses than female and fewest of all from males, while female interviewers obtain their highest responses from women, except for young women talking to young men.

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