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Publications [#255579] of Mark Chaves
Publications
- Hadaway, CK; Marler, PL; Chaves, M, Overreporting Church Attendance in America: Evidence That Demands the Same Verdict,
American Sociological Review, vol. 63 no. 1
(1998),
pp. 122-130, AMER SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOC, ISSN 0003-1224 [eLvHCXMwVZ0_C8JADMUPQXBxEfRWv8CVXu9v5mJxEARR0LFpLoNDQez3x2upoOODQAIJb8qPJ8ReM3ZcGQT0DrUJ6BwbD85qQILqHwj7cfNmIxap34pbc7jWRzWHAajnGIaukqZYdUYb66OhaK0jsA4TRU4uN6paanXJRIExYeiiz3UMZUpsAkDQO7Fux6fxfpjgMpJiyXnDSY6uK_MEUqzuUJ8e58ssN19ZvCcCqngNMpv8dCBKF-UHonk52Q]
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Abstract: Responds to comments by Theodore Caplow, Michael Hout & Andrew Greeley, & Robert D. Woodberry (all, 1998 [see abstract 9809981, 9810019, & 9810065, respectively]) regarding the authors' (1993) analysis that concluded that surveys grossly inflate US church attendance. Criticisms concerning population estimates, comparison of unlike data sets, & count data collection are answered, & new evidence supporting the original conclusion is presented, eg, diocesan-level data on 38% of the US Catholic population & interviews with 300 evangelical Protestants. It is asserted that surveys roughly double actual church attendance, the weekly church attendance rate of Catholics is well less than 30%, & overreporting is socially influenced &, thus, subject to change over time. 16 References. E. Blackwell
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