The Reliability of Historical United States Census Data on Religion
Data on religious organizations and membership collected by the United States census through 1936 are of immense scholarly value if concerns about their reliability can be laid to rest. In this note I summarize reasons for trusting these data and compare the 1926 census report for Seattle with a 192...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1992
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1992, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-95 |
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| Summary: | Data on religious organizations and membership collected by the United States census through 1936 are of immense scholarly value if concerns about their reliability can be laid to rest. In this note I summarize reasons for trusting these data and compare the 1926 census report for Seattle with a 1925 survey of local churches conducted by the Seattle Church Council. The federal data are significantly better. Finally, the breakdown of the 1936 religious census is considered. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3711631 |