The measure of American religion: Toward improving the state of the art

Social Forces

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 291-318

  Steensland, Brian ^b   Park, Jerry Z ^c   Regnerus, Mark D ^a   Robinson, Lynn D ^c   Wilcox, W Bradford ^c   Woodberry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0034258144     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/79.1.291     Document Type: Review

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