Religiosity and Generosity of Youth. The Results of a Survey with 8th Grade Students from Bihor County (Romania)
Religiosity and Generosity of Youth. The Results of a Survey with 8th Grade Students from Bihor County (Romania)

Summary/Abstract: The article draws on the results of a survey conducted in the schools from Bihor county in 2018-2019. The study analyses the answers of 4261 eighth grade pupils regarding generosity and its predictors. The actual research is an extension of our article from 2016 in which we analyse similar data collected in 2011. In our first results we observed a significant correlation between generosity and socio-economic background and between generosity and gender. Considering the results of our previous research we conducted the present research using new data and adding new hypotheses like the influence of religiosity.As we expected, grounded on the literature, our new results indicate that religiosity explains generosity variation among Romanian 8th grade pupils from Bihor county. It seems that general trust, school results, living environment (rural vs. urban) have no influence, an aspect which can be explained, at least partially, by the specificity of the Romanian culture. Religious girls with higher economic background are most generous. Also, as we found in our first research, there is a homogeneity of schools concerning the generosity level.We consider that the results of our research can contribute significantly to a better understanding of generosity and its specificity in our country, and the results can be valorised in other studies or programs of the non-profit organizations, fundraising campaign.

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