Self-assigned religious affiliation: A study among adolescents in England and Wales

Religion, Spirituality and the Social Sciences: Challenging Marginalisation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 149-161

  Francis, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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