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Measurement Effects in Self vs. Proxy Response to Survey Questions: An Information‐Processing Perspective

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The article was published on 2011-10-18. It has received 21 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Proxy (statistics) & Information processing theory.

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How much of the labor in African agriculture is provided by women

TL;DR: There are no systematic differences across crops and activities, but female labor shares tend to be higher in households where women own a larger share of the land and when they are more educated.
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Do Labor Statistics Depend on How and to Whom the Questions are Asked? Results from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania

TL;DR: In this article, a survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent was conducted, and significant differences were observed across survey designs with respect to different labor statistics.
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Comparability of EU-SILC survey and register data: The relationship among employment, earnings and poverty

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship among employment, earnings and poverty changes when different approaches to data collection are used, and the impact of different approaches on substantial results is shown. But the authors focus on the percentage of working and non-working poor.
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The game of contacts: estimating the social visibility of groups

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a game-like activity called the game of contacts in order to estimate the social visibility of groups, and report results from a study of heavy drug users in Curitiba, Brazil (n = 294).
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Mediation effects of medication information processing and adherence on association between health literacy and quality of life

TL;DR: Reading drug labels and understanding prescription instructions explained the pathways by which health literacy affects medication adherence and quality of life, and suggest that training skills for processing medication information can be effective to enhance the health of those with limited health literacy.