Cross-validating measures of global religious intolerance: Comparing coded State Department reports with survey data and expert opinion

Politics and Religion

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-129

  Grim, Brian J ^a   Wike, Richard ^b  

^a Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life   (United States)

^b Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project   (United States)

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EID: 79956078340     PISSN: 17550483     EISSN: 17550491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755048309990459     Document Type: Review

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