An Exploration of Proxy- and Self-Reported Adolescent Health in Low-Resource Settings

Proxy reports in survey research are widely used when the index individual is unavailable or somehow incapacitated by age or disability. Proxy reports are plagued by concerns about accuracy, however, and self-reports are generally preferred when objective measurement is not possible. This paper uses...

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Main Author: Laura Nolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Survey Research Association 2016-08-01
Series:Survey Research Methods
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Online Access:https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/view/6711