Category Archives: Measuring religion

The British Election Study 2015: Religious affiliation

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Ben Clements

This post analyses the contemporary social make-up of religious belonging in Britain using data released as part of the latest British Election Study (BES), focusing on the 2015 general election. Two waves of panel data (conducted in, respectively, February-March 2014 … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Research note, Survey news | Tagged British Election Studies, British Election Study 2015, Religious Affiliation, religious belonging, social, Survey Data | 5 Comments

Religious Self-Identification and Other News

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Religious self-identification The current issue of Religion (Vol. 44, No. 3, 2014) is a special theme issue on ‘Making Sense of Surveys and Censuses: Issues in Religious Self-Identification’, guest-edited by Abby Day and Lois Lee. It contains a number … Continue reading →

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Changes in Attendance at Religious Services in Britain

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Ben Clements

This BRIN post takes a historical perspective on religious attendance in Britain, looking at nationally-representative survey data covering the past three decades. Attendance is a common indicator of what sociologists of religion term ‘behaving’, often analysed alongside religious ‘belonging’ and … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, Research note, Survey news | Tagged Age, Behaving, Belonging, British Social Attitudes Surveys, church attendance, religious attendance, Religious change, Survey Data | 2 Comments

Christian affiliation in Britain

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Ben Clements

Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent pronouncements on the role and status of Christianity in Britain have stimulated public debate, quickly receiving both supporting and dissenting remarks from representatives of faith groups and secular organisations and from media commentators. Pollsters have … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged British Election Study, British Social Attitudes Survey, European Social Survey, European Values Study, opinion polls, Religious Affiliation, Religious Statistics, YouGov | 1 Comment

Census 2011: Muslims in Britain

Posted on June 8, 2013 by David Voas

The 2011 census allows us to explore the national origins and ethnic composition of different religious groups. In this initial analysis, we consider the profile of Muslims in England and Wales. Two thirds are Asian, mostly South Asian. The majority … Continue reading →

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Religious Census 2011 – What happened to the Christians? (Part II)

Posted on May 18, 2013 by David Voas

As discussed in December 2012 on BRIN, the sharp fall in the ‘Christian’ population has been the big story on religion from the 2011 census. If the 2001 results posed one problem for religious statisticians – why was the Christian … Continue reading →

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Christmas and Other Themes

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Today’s ‘bumper’ round-up of religious statistical news features seven stories. Two are Christmas-themed; two summarize public attitudes to the religious dimensions of the same-sex marriage debate; two report on new research among Roman Catholics; and the last highlights reflections on … Continue reading →

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Surveyitis and Other News

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Today’s digest of religious statistical news highlights a thought-provoking blog about ‘surveyitis’ by the Director of the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society programme, as well as headline findings from two actual surveys, among evangelicals and adult learners. A bad case of … Continue reading →

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Faith of the Faithless

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘Whatever the trends in affiliation to formalised religion in Britain, we are not a post-religious, still less a post-spiritual, society, and … even those “beyond the fringe” – who do not call themselves religious, attend religious services or believe in … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged atheists, British Social Attitudes Surveys, ComRes, Holly Weldin, nevers, Nick Spencer, non-religious, Theos | 1 Comment

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Census 2011: Muslims in Britain

Religious Census 2011 – What happened to the Christians? (Part II)

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