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Church Attendance, Problems of Measurement, and Interpreting Indicators: A Study of Religious Practi...

Church Attendance, Problems of Measurement, and Interpreting Indicators: A Study of Religious Practi...

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Church Attendance, Problems of Measurement, and Interpreting Indicators: A Study of Religious Practice in the United States, 1975-2010

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Church Attendance, Problems of Measurement, and Interpreting Indicators: A Study of Religious Practice in the United States, 1975-2010

Publisher

Hoboken: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Journal title

Journal for the scientific study of religion, 2014-06, Vol.53 (2), p.249-267

Language

English

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Hoboken: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Contents

Church attendance is usually measured in surveys by asking a direct question about frequency of churchgoing over a preset period of time, which is typically a year. Different studies have cast doubt over the validity of this indicator as it tends to overestimate actual attendance to a significant degree. The aim of this article is to compare data o...

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Church Attendance, Problems of Measurement, and Interpreting Indicators: A Study of Religious Practice in the United States, 1975-2010

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1663898150

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1663898150

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ISSN

0021-8294

E-ISSN

1468-5906

DOI

10.1111/jssr.12115

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