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. 1981 Jun;35(2):133–135. doi: 10.1136/jech.35.2.133

Consistency of data collected from inmates of a common lodging house.

N J Shanks
PMCID: PMC1052139  PMID: 7299337

Abstract

The quality of data obtainable by questionnaire from residents of a common lodging house was explored by comparing the answers received by questioning such men on two or three occasions six months apart. Consistency between the answers obtained on different occasions was good for men who already knew the interviewer well as their medical officer but poor otherwise.

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