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Tag Archives: National Centre for Social Research
Mental Health and Other News
Today’s round-up of religious statistical news leads on some freshly-published research into spirituality and mental health. We also report on another survey about same-sex marriage and the Church of England (for other recent polls, see our posts of 13 and … Continue reading
Posted in People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Grice, British Journal of Psychiatry, Church of England, clergy, ComRes, homosexuality, Howard Meltzer, Linda Woodhead, Louise Marston, Mental Health, Michael King, National Centre for Social Research, New Year's Honours, Paul Bebbington, religious marriages, Sally McManus, same-sex marriage, spirituality, Terry Brugha, The Independent
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Sir Roger Jowell (1942-2011)
Professor Sir Roger Jowell, one of Britain’s foremost quantitative and qualitative social researchers, died (aged 69) at his home in the Forest of Dean on 25 December 2011, following a heart attack. A private funeral was held on 3 January … Continue reading
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2010
‘Britain is becoming less religious, with the numbers who affiliate with a religion or attend religious services experiencing a long-term decline. And this trend seems set to continue; not only as older, more religious generations are replaced by younger, less … Continue reading
Wellcome Trust Monitor
Among the datasets released this month by the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) is that for the Wellcome Trust Monitor 1, 2009 (SN 6889). A suite of technical documentation can be found at: http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=6889&key=6889 The Monitor (expected to be … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged alternative medicine, commencement of life, Creationism, Economic and Social Data Service, Elizabeth Clery, evolution, homeopathy, horoscopes, Miranda Phillips, NatCen, National Centre for Social Research, origins of life, pseudoscience, Sarah Butt, Varunie Abeywardana, Wellcome Trust
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English Baccalaureate and Faith Schools
A Government press release on 31 August trumpeted that its controversial introduction of the English Baccalaureate (or eBacc) has had an immediate impact on reversing the historic decline in pupils taking ‘traditional’ or more ‘academic’ GCSE subjects. And nowhere does … Continue reading
Posted in Official data, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Department for Education, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Faith schools, GCSEs, General Certificate of Secondary Education, NatCen, National Centre for Social Research, religious education, religious studies, Sam Clemens
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Understanding Society
On 13 December the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) made an interim release of data for the general population component from Wave 1, Year 1 (running from 8 January 2009 to 7 March 2010) of Understanding Society, the new … Continue reading
Posted in Official data, Survey news
Tagged British Household Panel Survey, church attendance, discrimination, Economic and Social Data Service, Economic and Social Research Council, employment, harassment, Institute for Social and Economic Research, longitudinal studies, National Centre for Social Research, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, Understanding Society, United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study
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