Organizational religious behavior among older African Americans: Findings from the national survey of American life

Research on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 440-462

  Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Chatters, Linda M ^a   Bullard, Kai McKeever ^b   Wallace Jr , John M ^c   Jackson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Church attendance; Religious time use; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349164659     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027509333453     Document Type: Article

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