The religious demography of the United States: Dynamics of affiliation, participation, and belief

Religion, Families, and Health: Population-Based Research in the United States

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 403-430

  Sherkat, Darren E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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