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Hammond, P. E., Reed, J. S., Roof, W. C., & Shibley, M. (2020, October 23). Four-State Church Involvement Study, 1988.
Summary
The Four-State Church Involvement Study investigates the role of individualism as it pertains to church involvement and what that involvement means. Regional variations in these relationships also are examined.
Adult residents with telephones living in Ohio, Massachusetts, North Carolina and California were sampled. Random-digit dialing was used until 650 respondents were reached in each state.
Principal Investigators
Phillip E. Hammond and Wade Clark Roof, Co-Principal Investigators John Shelton Reed, Project Consultant Mark Shibley, Research Assistant