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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2024

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 100, January 2024 features fourteen short articles on new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2023

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 92, May 2023 features 16 articles on new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No 92 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2020

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 59, August 2020 features 21 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 59 August 2020 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2020

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 56, May 2020 features 16 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 56 May 2020 … Continue reading →

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Religious Change in Britain: Evidence from the 1991 and 2018 ISSP Religion Modules

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Ben Clements

This post analyses data from the religion modules which have featured in periodic British Social Attitudes (BSA) surveys as part of the cross-national International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). The ISSP’s religion modules have been included in the 1991, 1998, 2008 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2020

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Clive D. Field

The January 2020 edition of Counting Religion in Britain is a special edition presenting an introduction and tables to the five core religion questions included in the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2009) and Understanding Society: United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2019

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 50, November 2019 features 23 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 50 November 2019 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, July 2019

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 46, July 2019 features 17 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 46 July 2019 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2018

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 35, August 2018 features 22 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 35 August 2018 OPINION POLLS Boris Johnson and the burka The debate over the … Continue reading →

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Re-examining religious and paranormal beliefs in mid-1970s Britain

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Ben Clements

A recent YouGov survey shed interesting light on levels of religious beliefs and other forms of belief in contemporary Britain. This BRIN post takes a historical turn by analysing one of the few available surveys enabling assessment of religious and … Continue reading →

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