Upward wealth mobility: Exploring the Roman Catholic advantage

Social Forces

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1195-1225

  Keister, Lisa A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249815232     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2007.0044     Document Type: Article

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