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3. Religious segregation
Indians tend to form their friendships within their own religious community
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- 3. Religious segregation
- Indians tend to form their friendships within their own religious community
- India’s minority communities generally say they would be willing to accept a Hindu as a neighbor
- College-educated Hindus express greater willingness to accept a person of a different religion as a neighbor
- In Northeast India, skepticism about accepting neighbors of other religions
- Indians almost never marry across religious lines
- Most Indians say it is very important to stop interreligious marriage
- Education, importance of religion tied to views on interreligious marriage
- Among Hindus, those who favor BJP are more likely to see stopping interreligious marriage as a high priority
- Substantial shares among Hindus, Muslims and Jains score at higher end of religious segregation index
- Among Hindus, attitudes toward religious segregation closely tied to views on national identity, voting