Losing my religion: The social sources of religious decline in early adulthood

Social Forces

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1667-1692

  Decker, Jeremy E ^a   Regnerus, Mark D ^a   Vaaler, Margaret L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34447524064     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2007.0083     Document Type: Article

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