Accounting for spatial variation in tolerance: The effects of education and religion

Social Forces

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2205-2222

  Moore, Laura M ^a   Ovadia, Seth ^b  

^a HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33745946652     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0101     Document Type: Review

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