User Guide to the End of Life
interview datasets

Published on 16 February 2015

This User Guide provides information about the End of Life interviews carried out during the
first six waves of ELSA.

    Resource details

    Publisher
    NatCen Social Research

    Suggested citation

    . (2015). User Guide to the End of Life interview datasets. London: NatCen Social Research.

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