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RBS Data Collection

Data
The GSS RBS collected several types of data, including:

  • Subjective perspectives of GSS respondents
  • Objective measurements from current reporting methods
  • Objective response behaviors in the 2005 and previous data collections of the GSS

Fielding RBS

Response rate
The overall response rate for the RBS was 71.5%.
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