Measuring religiousness among older African Americans: Exploring race-of-interviewer effects

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-84

  Ellison, Christopher G ^a   McFarland, Michael J ^b   Krause, Neal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Measurement; Race; Race of interviewer effects; Religion; Response bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856358430     PISSN: 0034673X     EISSN: 22114866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13644-011-0002-9     Document Type: Article

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