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Faglia, Anna Angioletta (2021)

Understanding the Effect of Religiosity: Comparative Analysis of Czechia and Poland from 2014-2016

Bachelor thesis | Security Studies (BSc)

In this research the effects of religion on the perceived impact of immigrants on society is analysed for Poland and Czechia. The data used in this research is from the European Social Survey from 2014 and 2016. The data shows that Poland is the most religious country in Europe and Czechia the least religious. The timeframe for this research was based to understand the effect of the refugee crisis on the perception towards immigrants, by analysing the same variables before and after the crisis. The data is analysed first by using an independent samples t-test to compare the means of religious and non-religious respondents. The results from this test indicated that a statistically significant difference between religious and non-religious respondents was found in Poland, but not in Czechia. Furthermore, a logistic regression is performed. The results indicated that religion does not have a predictive factor in both countries. The implications of these results are discussed throughout...Show moreIn this research the effects of religion on the perceived impact of immigrants on society is analysed for Poland and Czechia. The data used in this research is from the European Social Survey from 2014 and 2016. The data shows that Poland is the most religious country in Europe and Czechia the least religious. The timeframe for this research was based to understand the effect of the refugee crisis on the perception towards immigrants, by analysing the same variables before and after the crisis. The data is analysed first by using an independent samples t-test to compare the means of religious and non-religious respondents. The results from this test indicated that a statistically significant difference between religious and non-religious respondents was found in Poland, but not in Czechia. Furthermore, a logistic regression is performed. The results indicated that religion does not have a predictive factor in both countries. The implications of these results are discussed throughout the analysis section.Show less

tolerance

religion

Poland

Czechia

2014

2016

European Social Survey

Author

Faglia, Anna Angioletta

Faculty

Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Supervisors

Abbas, T.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en