International migration and religious participation: The mediating impact of individual and contextual effects

Sociological Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 779-803

  Connor, Phillip ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional time series; Immigrant religion context; Immigration; New Immigrant Survey; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350023096     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2009.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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