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Publications [#255489] of Mark Chaves
Publications
- Chaves, M; Cavendish, JC, More Evidence on U.S. Catholic Church Attendance,
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, vol. 33 no. 4
(1994),
pp. 376-381, Blackwell Publishing, ISSN 0021-8294 [eLvHCXMwVV09C8JADD0EwcWloLf6B640vbv2MheLgyCIQh3vc3AoiP3_mCsVdArJkkDCe0tewtgBkvOplg5dox3I1mmdZINaAbqA9b8g7AfN-4Kt4rhj9_54605ieQYgnvkTlsiH7UB68BCxtSqqoIwlriJ8TdJ4Ms4aExAipdF1RdHgGwzWRuJQbWHPtjYvjY_TLC4LnK0TdTjyjLqcKuBsM2B3flyui1t83fI9K6DK18QJ5OcBEVBWHx8HOL8]
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Abstract:
Hadaway, Marler, and Chaves (1993) have recently argued that U.S. weekly church attendance is about one-half the rate that is commonly accepted. Regarding Catholics, their result was based on head-count data from only 18 dioceses. The present paper is based on data from a total of 48 Catholic dioceses containing approximately 38% of U.S. Catholics. The results are the same: The weekly attendance rate in this expanded set of dioceses is 26.7%. These results lend further empirical support to the notion that church attendance rates based on self-reports are substantially inflated.
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