A Friend in Creed: Does the Religious Composition of Geographic Areas Affect the Religious Composition of a Person's Close Friends?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 483-502

  Olson, Daniel V A ^a   Perl, Paul ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Population share; Religious social ties; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052237546     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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