Does religious diversity make us unhappy?

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1063-1076

  Okulicz Kozaryn, Adam ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fractionalisation; life satisfaction; polarisation; religion; World Values Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868281871     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.550277     Document Type: Article

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