Educational attainment and religiosity: Exploring variations by religious tradition

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-188

  McFarland, Michael J ^a   Wright, Bradley R E ^b   Weakliem, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

attendance; beliefs; biblical literalism; denominations; education; prayer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959750914     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srq065     Document Type: Review

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