Under‐Reporting of Alcohol Consumption in Sample Surveys: The Effect of Computer Interviewing in Fieldwork
British Journal of AddictionPublished 1 December 1984
John C. Duffy, Jennifer J. Waterto
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Summary Sources of biasin population surveys of alcohol consumption are discussed. The effect of computer interviewing in survey fieldwork is assessed on the basis of a recent population survey in Edinburgh.
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