Religious landscape in Brazil: Comparing different representative nationwide approaches to obtain sensitive information in healthcare research

• Main Authors: Mario Fernando Prieto Peres (Author), Arão Belitardo de Oliveira (Author), Frederico Camelo Leão (Author), Homero Vallada (Author), Alexander Moreira-Almeida (Author), Giancarlo Lucchetti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although the basis of religious studies start with demographics, nation-wide data are often extracted from face-to-face interviews (leading to a social-desirability bias) and in studies not originally designed to assess religion. This study aims to understand the religious landscape in Brazil and to...