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Causal Attribution for Poverty in Young People: Sociodemographic Characteristics, Religious and Political Beliefs

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  • M. Carmen Terol-Cantero

    (Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Elche, Spain)

  • Maite Martín-Aragón Gelabert

    (Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Elche, Spain)

  • Borja Costa-López

    (Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain)

  • Javier Manchón López

    (Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Elche, Spain)

  • Carolina Vázquez-Rodríguez

    (Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Elche, Spain)

Abstract

Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon that includes a lack of education, health or housing; it is a relevant factor of social vulnerability that could lead to a situation of social exclusion. According to studies, poverty can be explained by external/social, internal/individual or cultural fatalistic factors. The aim was to confirm the structure of causal attributions of poverty and their relationships with sociodemographic characteristics, as well as religious and political beliefs, in young people. This is a cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic convenience sample of undergraduate students on different degree courses. A survey was administered to 278 participants (45.4% women) with an average age of 21.59. They were young people studying health science degrees (78.4%) who self-identified as belonging to the lower or middle–lower class (57.2%), without any religious beliefs (56.5%) and as left wing (37.8%; n = 94) or center-left (27.7%; n = 69) in their political orientation. Confirmatory factorial analysis and multiple regression analysis supported the results in previous literature (CFI = 0.90, SRMR = 0.07, RMSEA = 0.06), indicating that there are cultural (C), external (E-S) and internal (I) attribution factors of poverty. The results show moderate relationships between the cultural factor and internal or external factors. The findings show that political affiliation and sex are the most consistent predictors of attributions for poverty.

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  • M. Carmen Terol-Cantero & Maite Martín-Aragón Gelabert & Borja Costa-López & Javier Manchón López & Carolina Vázquez-Rodríguez, 2023. "Causal Attribution for Poverty in Young People: Sociodemographic Characteristics, Religious and Political Beliefs," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-16, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:12:y:2023:i:5:p:308-:d:1150443
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    1. Yeboah Asuamah Samuel & Kumi Ernest, 2012. "Attributions for Poverty: A Survey of Student’s Perception," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 2(2), pages 83-91.
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