Tag Archives: Ireland

Reflections on Surveying Religion Online: Perils and Promise?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Gladys Ganiel

I presented the results of my surveys of religion on the island of Ireland this weekend at the annual conference of the Sociological Association of Ireland (May 7-9, 2010 at Queen’s University in Belfast). All three of the papers presented were about religion, and all three utilized quantitative data of some sort. Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion | Tagged church attendance, Content Analysis, Ecumenism, Immigration, Ireland, John Brewer, Online Surveys, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods, Reconciliation, Religious Belief, Survey Data, Survey Methods, Write-In Responses | 1 Comment

The Nationality of Numbers

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Ingrid Storm

As interesting as studying religion in Britain is, we often want to know to what extent what we find here is similar or different to the results from other countries. However, a problem with cross-national comparative studies of religion (and other social opinions, attitudes and behaviours) is that national context can make a huge difference to the meaning of certain concepts. Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion | Tagged Affiliation, Belonging, Britain, church attendance, Denmark, Ireland, National Churches, Religiosity, rites of passage, The Netherlands | Leave a comment

The British Social Attitudes Survey 2008 (part II)

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Just to clarify, part II refers to this being our second post on the 2008 BSA, rather than the survey having two parts. The excellent news is that the dataset has been published online this week, and it’s fair to … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Survey news | Tagged Bioethical Attitudes, British Social Attitudes Survey, Civic Engagement, David Campbell, David Voas, Denmark, ESDS, Harvard, Intergenerational Transmission, Ireland, ISSP, Manchester, NatCen, National Identity, NORFACE, Northern Ireland, Notre Dame, Political Identity, Political Sociology, Relemerge, Religiosity, Religious Affiliation, Religious Identity, Robert Putnam, Social Capital, Templeton, The Netherlands, US | 1 Comment

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