Clusters of religiosity of Portuguese undergraduate youth

This article presents results of the author’s PhD thesis based on religious beliefs and practices, and attitudes of towards marriage, life, and sexuality. The sample included 500 undergraduate students from public universities of Lisbon. Applying multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis...

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Published in:Sociologia (Lisbon, Portugal) Portugal), 2014-05 (75), p.109-130
Main Author: Coutinho, José Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Attitudes
Catholics
College Students
Marriage
Polls & surveys
Religion
Religionssoziologie
Religiosity
Religious Beliefs
Sexual behavior
Sexuality
Socialization
SOCIOLOGY
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Säkularisierung
Undergraduate Students
University students
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Summary:This article presents results of the author’s PhD thesis based on religious beliefs and practices, and attitudes of towards marriage, life, and sexuality. The sample included 500 undergraduate students from public universities of Lisbon. Applying multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis to these beliefs, practices, and attitudes, three clusters or types of religiosity were produced: nuclear Catholics, intermediate Catholics, and non-Catholics. These clusters were characterised in terms of religious socialisation, as well as of non-Catholic beliefs and practices, and aspects of life. When crossed with these last items, the clusters were renamed respectively: socio-centred orthodox, ambitious heterodox, activist and hedonist non-believers.
ISSN:0873-6529
2182-7907
DOI:10.7458/SPP2014753578