The Malawi religion project: Data collection and selected analyses

Demographic Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 2009, Pages 255-288

  Adams, Jimi ^a   Trinitapoli, Jenny ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70149096855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.10     Document Type: Article

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