RELIGIOUS MEMBERSHIP AND RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE: EQUAL INDICATORS OF RELIGIOSITY?
Based on a questionnaire study of 405 students at three eastern colleges, it is shown that religious membership and religious preference are not interchangeable indices. As a consequence of using one or the other, the size and composition of the "no religion" group are affected. The two indicators r...
| Publicado en: | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 273 - 280 |
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