Item Detail
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18465
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English
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How Many Members Are There Really? : Two Censuses and the Meaning of LDS Membership in Chile and Mexico
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Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Summer 2005
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38
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no.2
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In analyzing data from the 2000 census in Mexico and the 2002 census in Chile, Knowlton notes that only 20-25% of those who the Church claims among its population actually claim LDS membership themselves. In Mexico, 205,000 people claimed membership while the Church published a membership of 847,000. In Chile, only 104,000 of the reported 520,000 members identified themselves as such. The Jehovah's Witnesses showed similar correlation between their Mexican and Chilean censuses. However, 90% of the 524,000 members claimed by the Seventh-Day Adventists in Mexico reported their membership on the census. Knowlton discusses retention and distribution of members within Mexico and Chile and discusses the attitudes toward religiosity in Latin America. He concludes that while many baptized members quickly become inactive, the Church is strong in Latin America and its many dedicated members help the Church grow.
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