DEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF ATTRITION IN LONGITUDINAL ONLINE SURVEYS IN RUSSIA: EVIDENCE FROM FOUR WAVES OF THE "VALUES IN CRISIS" PROJECT
- Authors: SOKOLOV B.O.1,2, KORSUNAVA V.I.2
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Affiliations:
- HSE – St.Petersburg
- Ronald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University
- Issue: No 9 (2025)
- Pages: 34-48
- Section: МЕТОДОЛОГИЯ И МЕТОДЫ СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0132-1625/article/view/355221
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0132162525090046
- ID: 355221
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About the authors
B. O. SOKOLOV
HSE – St.Petersburg; Ronald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University
Email: bssokolov@hse.ru
St.Petersburg, Russia; Moscow, Russia
V. I. KORSUNAVA
Ronald F. Inglehart Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University
Email: vikorsunova@hse.ru
Moscow, Russia
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