Merging the Religious Congregations and Membership Studies: A Data File for Documenting American Religious Change

The decennial religious congregations and membership studies are a popular data source for analyzing local religious composition and diversity, but several methodological challenges hinder merging the datasets for longitudinal analyses. In this paper, we introduce strategies for addressing four of t...

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Published in:Review of religious research
Authors: Bacon, Rachel (Author) ; Finke, Roger 1954- (Author) ; Jones, Dale (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer [2018]
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2018, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 403-422
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Religious change / Church congregation / Data acquisition / History 1980-2010 / Multisensor data fusion
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Religion census
B Longitudinal analyses
B Data
B Religious Change
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