Religion and verbal ability

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-13

  Sherkat, Darren E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundamentalism; Religion; Stratification; Verbal ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449092006     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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