The Impact of Religious Involvement on Migration

Social Forces

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 755-783

  Myers, Scott M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041759797     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/79.2.755     Document Type: Article

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