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A less Christian future for England and Wales

Posted on February 5, 2023 by David Voas

The breakdown of the census religion counts by age and sex, released 30 January 2023, helps us to picture the religious landscape in the decades ahead. The obvious change is well known, though perhaps not yet fully grasped: the proportion … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Religious Census, Uncategorized, visualisation | Tagged census of population, Christians, Islam, Office for National Statistics, Religious Affiliation | Leave a comment

Religion and party choice: Evidence from the BES 2015 face-to-face post-election survey

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Ben Clements

This post presents some data from the BES 2015 face-to-face post-election survey (a cross-sectional study with a sample size of 2,987), the fieldwork for which was undertaken between May-September 2015. The dataset and accompanying documentation can be obtained here. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Research note, Survey news, visualisation | Tagged Affiliation, attendance at religious services, British Election Study 2015, General Election 2015, Party Choice, Survey Data, Voting Behaviour | Leave a comment

Exploring Religious Data in the British Social Attitudes 2014 Survey

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Ben Clements

The latest British Social Attitudes 2014 survey has recently been released via the UKDS, which holds all of the other surveys in the BSA series (as well as the data having being added to the online British Social Attitudes Information System). This … Continue reading →

Posted in Research note, Survey news, Uncategorized, visualisation | Tagged British Social Attitudes, British Social Attitudes Surveys, British society, Christianity, Christians, church attendance, Church of England, gay rights, group membership, Non-Denominational Christians, Religious Affiliation, religious attendance, religious belonging, religious extremism, Roman Catholics, same-sex marriage, social attitudes, Survey Data | 1 Comment

Jesus Test and Other News

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Clive D. Field

The Jesus test Jesus Christ is not often dragged into the contemporary British political arena, but, when He is, people tend to ask what He would do or think about a current situation (or, in a few cases, even … Continue reading →

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British Academy Recognition and Other News

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Clive D. Field

BRIN secures British Academy recognition The British Academy, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences, announced on 23 July 2014 that BRIN is to be one of fine new Academy Research Projects in the social sciences. … Continue reading →

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ADL Index of Anti-Semitism

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Britain has one of the lowest rates of anti-Semitism in the world, according to The ADL Global 100: An Index of Anti-Semitism, which was released by the New York-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on 13 May 2014. Interviews were conducted, … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news, visualisation | Tagged Anti-Defamation League, Anti-Semitism, Anzalone Liszt Grove Research, holocaust, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, prejudice, violence | 1 Comment

Scrooging Christmas and Other News

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Christmas has become such a secular festival in contemporary Britain that one might have thought that even non-religious people would have no difficulty in joining in, but our first story today shows a disproportionate dislike for Christmas on their part. … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Catholics and Other News

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Clive D. Field

This week’s post contains five religious statistical stories, leading on a major new survey of Roman Catholic religious practice and values. Portrait of Catholics Results from one of the most extensive surveys of Roman Catholic opinion for many years were … Continue reading →

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Scottish Religious Census, 2011

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Release 2A from the 2011 census of Scotland was made on 26 September 2013. It included the first results from the voluntary question on religion, which was: ‘What religion, religious denomination, or body do you belong to?’ This wording was different … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religious Census, visualisation | Tagged census of population, National Records of Scotland, Religious Affiliation, Scotland | 1 Comment

Local variation in levels of religious affiliation

Posted on May 25, 2013 by David Voas

The 2011 census reveals a remarkable amount of neighbourhood variation in levels of religion or non-religion. Looking across the 8,570 wards in England – small areas with an average population of about 6,500 – the proportion of people describing themselves … Continue reading →

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A less Christian future for England and Wales

Religion and party choice: Evidence from the BES 2015 face-to-face post-election survey

ADL Index of Anti-Semitism

Scrooging Christmas and Other News

Scottish Religious Census, 2011

Local variation in levels of religious affiliation

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