Exceptional Behavior or Exceptional Identity?: Overreporting of Church Attendance in the U.S.
Public Opinion QuarterlyPublished 11 February 2011
Philip S. Brenner
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Journal Article Exceptional Behavior or Exceptional Identity? Overreporting of Church Attendance in the U.S. Get access Philip S. Brenner Philip S. Brenner * *Address correspondence to Philip S. Brenner, University of Michigan, Survey Research Center, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 75, Issue 1, Spring 2011, Pages 19–41, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfq068 Published: 11 February 2011
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