Conservative churches and fertility innovation: A cultural-ecological approach to the second demographic transition among nonblacks in the United States

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-120

  Morrison, Emory ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 62349118943     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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