Religion and child development: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-36

  Bartkowski, John P ^a   Xu, Xiaohe ^a   Levin, Martin L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Child rearing; Children; Faith; Family; Homogamy; Parenting; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149137821     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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