Category Archives: Official data

Humanist Marriages in Scotland

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Humanist marriages, permitted in Scotland since 2005 (but not elsewhere in the UK), were the second most common form of ‘religious’ wedding ceremony in Scotland in 2011, with 2,486 marriages by Humanist celebrants compared with 5,557 conducted by Church of … Continue reading →

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Faith and Death

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Although one-half of all Britons claimed not to belong to any religion in the latest (2010) British Social Attitudes Survey, 85% of the dying subscribe to some faith, according to a Government survey of their relatives published on 3 July … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged bereavement, death, Department for Health, end-of-life care, Office for National Statistics, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, spiritual support, VOICES | 1 Comment

Inclusivity of Faith Schools

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘England’s faith state schools are on average failing to mirror their local communities by shunning the poorest pupils in their area, an analysis by The Guardian of the latest government figures shows’, Simon Rogers wrote on the newspaper’s datablog on … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged Church of England schools, Department for Education, Faith schools, free school meals, inclusivity, Jessica Shepherd, Roman Catholic schools, Simon Rogers, The Guardian | Leave a comment

Labour Force Survey

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Professing Christians in this country are declining by one and a half percentage points annually and, on present trends, ‘the number of people with no religion will overtake the number of Christians in Great Britain in twenty years’. This prediction … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Survey news | Tagged Christians, House of Commons Library, Labour Force Survey, migration, no religion, Oliver Hawkins, Religious Affiliation | 1 Comment

Marriages in England and Wales, 2010

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Although there was a modest (0.4%) increase in the number of marriages solemnized in places of worship in England and Wales between 2009 and 2010, it was less than the 3.7% growth in total marriages. Consequently, the proportion of marriages … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Rites of Passage | Tagged marriages, Office for National Statistics, religious ceremonies, rites of passage, weddings | 1 Comment

Religious Hate Crime, 2010-11

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted 566 cases of religious hate crime in England and Wales in 2010-11 (roughly three times the figure for 2007-08) and secured convictions in 472 or 83% of them. The success rate was proportionately similar to 2009-10 … Continue reading →

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Census and Social Science

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Salvation Army’s Research and Development Unit and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) in association with the Board of Deputies of British Jews were among the 42 respondents to the call for written evidence by the House of Commons … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics | Tagged Board of Deputies of British Jews, Census, House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Jewish Chronicle, Salvation Army, social science | Leave a comment

Citizenship Survey Topic Reports, 2009/10

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) released three topic reports on the Citizenship Survey on 21 December, the first such publications for fifteen months. They can be accessed at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/research/citizenshipsurvey/recentreports/ The documents relate to the Citizenship Survey undertaken … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged charitable giving, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, community action, community cohesion, community spirit, Department for Communities and Local Government, equalities, ethnic minorities, freedom of religion, friends, government, influence of religion, Ipsos-MORI, Muslims, physical attack, places of worship, protection of religious rights, racial prejudice, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious harassment, Religious Practice, religious prejudice, respect, social mixing, TNS-BMRB, volunteering | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Official data

Humanist Marriages in Scotland

Faith and Death

Inclusivity of Faith Schools

Labour Force Survey

Marriages in England and Wales, 2010

Religious Hate Crime, 2010-11

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