Trends in religious stratification: Have religious group socioeconomic distinctions declined in recent decades?

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-79

  Pyle, Ralph E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646519960     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socrel/67.1.61     Document Type: Article

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