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Four procedures for selecting telephone survey respondents within a household unit—Troldahl-Carter, male/female alternation, next-birthday, and no-selection methods—were compared in a small-sample survey. The data indicate that the next birthday method is a relatively efficient procedure for selecting a sample that is representative of all household members.
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Salmon et al. (1983) studied this question.
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