The nones: Social characteristics of the religiously unaffiliated

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1251-1263

  Baker, Joseph O ^a   Smith, Buster G ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67651202627     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0181     Document Type: Article

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