Religion and U.S. secondary school students: Current patterns, recent trends, and sociodemographic correlates

Youth and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-125

  Wallace Jr , John M ^b   Forman, Tyrone A ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^b   Willis, Deborah S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Religion; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041880464     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X03254564     Document Type: Review

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