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Religion and economic and political preferences among university students from the periphery: an exploratory study in the Baixada Fluminense

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the importance of religion on political, social and economic preferences among undergraduate students in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro. The data are the result of a survey on the opinions of undergraduate students from a campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), located in Nova Iguaçu, in the heart of Baixada Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). A multivariate analysis (principal component analysis, kmeans clusters and regression) of the survey data highlights the significant influence of evangelical churches on various moral issues. The research also identifies a broad and diffuse demand for social policies and better provision of public goods such as health and education.

Keywords:
Religion; Evangelicals; Youth; Urban Periphery; Survey

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