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Clusters of religiosity of Portuguese undergraduate youth
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Abstract 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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
secularization; individualization; religious socialization; adolescent; religiousness; student; Portugal
Classification
Sociology of Religion
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 109-130
Journal
Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas (2014) 75
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP2014753578
ISSN
0873-6529
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed