Religion as a determinant of economic and demographic behavior in the United States

Population and Development Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 707-726

  Lehrer, Evelyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12244258259     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.00038.x     Document Type: Review

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