Explaining why more americans have no religious preference: Political backlash and generational succession, 1987-2012

Sociological Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 423-447

  Hout, Michael ^a   Fischer, Claude S ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generational succession; Nones; Political polarization; Religious changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020162641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23306696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15195/v1.a24     Document Type: Article

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