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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2023

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 97, October 2023 features eleven 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 97 October 2023

OPINION POLLS

Global poll: faith and wellbeing―Gallup/Radiant Foundation research
Global poll: trustworthiness of clergy/priests and other professions
Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Unite investigation into the wellbeing of faith workers
Chinese Christianity in Britain: Bible Society report
Israel-Hamas conflict: Institute for Jewish Policy Research briefings
Israel-Hamas conflict: sudden and steep rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the UK
Israel-Hamas conflict: Islamophobic incidents in the UK
Israel-Hamas conflict: impact on Muslim voting intentions in the UK

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Police-recorded hate crimes in England and Wales, 2022–23

NEW DATASET

Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Spring 2022

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Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Bible Society, Carli Lessof, Chinese Christianity, clergy and priests, Community Security Trust, faith workers, family ties with Israel, Gallup, Gallup World Poll, Gaza, Hamas, hate crimes, Home Office, Hong Kong, Immigration, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos Global Trustworthiness Index, Islamophobia, Islamophobic incidents, Israel, Israel-Hamas conflict, Israelis, Jonathan Boyd, Kaya Burgess, London School of Theology, MEND, Muslim Census, Muslims, Palestinians, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center, police, politics, Radiant Foundation, religious prejudice, Rob Ford, Savanta ComRes, stress, Tell MAMA, terrorist organization, The Times, trustworthiness, Unite the union, voting intention, wellbeing, Yinxuan Huang, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, September 2023

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 96, September 2023 features ten 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 96 September 2023

OPINION POLLS

Majority of people of faith supportive of assisted dying according to two YouGov polls
Importance of teaching Religious Studies at secondary school
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

The Times survey of Church of England priests (continuation)
Evaluation of the Transforming Wigan project in the Church of England
Methodist Church Statistics for Mission, 2022
Church of Scotland enhances capacity for research and analysis
Pastoral statistics of the Catholic Church in Scotland
Latest publications from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Census, 2021, England and Wales: new reports and data

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Posted in Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Alevis, Anti-Semitism, assisted dying, Carli Lessof, Catholic Directory for Scotland, census of population, Church Commissioners’ Strategic Development Fund, church membership, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Church Wigan, clergy, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Graham, Deanery of Wigan, degree qualifications, Dignity in Dying, Diocese of Liverpool, feelings of insecurity, Gaza, Ian Paul, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Intergras Consulting, international migrants, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Kate Hutton, Kaya Burgess, Methodist Church, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, Psephizo, religious prejudice, religious studies, Roman Catholic Church, Rosh Hashana, Savanta ComRes, Scotland, secondary school subjects, small populations, statistics for mission, synagogue attendance, The Times, Transforming Wigan, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, August 2023

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 95, August 2023 features fourteen 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 95 August 2023

OPINION POLLS

Is the UK a Christian country? Perceptions of the general public
YouGov trackers: influence of religion, belief in god(s), Sunday trading laws
Utility of religious education in schools
Perceptions of the United States as more religious than other wealthy nations

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

The Times survey of Church of England priests
Three recent reports from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research
Anti-Semitic incidents in the UK, January–June 2023
British Muslims’ charitable giving

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Extremism in Scotland: new evidence of public attitudes
Religion of civil servants
Census 2021, England and Wales: overcrowding and under-occupancy by religion
Public examination results in Religious Studies, June 2023: A Levels and GCSEs

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Recent articles by Leslie Francis and his research network

NEW DATASET

European Social Survey: release of CRONOS-2 dataset

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Posted in Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted dying, asylum seekers, Baris Varli, belief in god(s), Brexit, Cabinet Office, Carli Lessof, census of population, charitable giving, Christian country, church attendance, Church of England, civil servants, clergy, Community Security Trust, conversion therapy, coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19 and Church-21, CROss-National Online Survey-2, Daniel Staetsky, David Graham, Diffley Partnership, Discounts for Teachers, European Social Survey, extremism, Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, Haredi Jewish children, House of Lords, importance of God, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, intermarriage, Israel, John Haley, Joint Council for Qualifications, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Journal of Religion and Health, Justin Welby, Kaya Burgess, Leslie Francis, Lords Spiritual, Lukman Ali, Methodist Church, Methodist circuit ministers, Muslim Charities Forum, Muslims, National Zakat Foundation UK, net zero, Office for National Statistics, OnePoll, overcrowding, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center, public examinations, religion’s influence on the world, Religious Affiliation, religious census, religious education, religious prejudice, religious studies, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, same-sex marriage, Scotland, sectarianism, Sunday trading laws, Survation, The Times, truth in religion, under-occupancy, United States of America, Ursula McKenna, voting intention, wellbeing, YouGov, Zakat | Leave a comment

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 May 2023

OPINION POLLS―CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III

Before the coronation: Savanta ComRes polls
Before the coronation: YouGov polls
Before the coronation: other surveys
After the coronation

OPINION POLLS―OTHER TOPICS

Ipsos Global Advisor multinational religion study
World Values Survey, Wave 7 (2017–22): update―new report on UK findings
The Archbishop of Canterbury and contemporary politics
Functions of the British monarchy: is preservation of Christian morality one of them?
Demographics of self-reported attendance at religious services in Great Britain
Anti-Semitism in Western and Eastern Europe: The ADL Global 100 Index, 2022

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Church Commissioners for England annual report, 2022
Church of Scotland membership and attendance statistics for 2022

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Marriages in England and Wales, 2020
Census, 2021, England and Wales: new reports and data

NEW DATASETS

European Social Survey Round 10 data release
UK Data Service, SN 9079: Community Life Survey, 2021–2022

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Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Defamation League, Anti-Semitism, Archbishop of Canterbury, attendance at religious services, BMG Research, Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, census of population, charitable giving, Christian morality, Church Commissioners, church membership, Church of England, Church of Scotland, CNN, Community Life Survey, coronation, coronavirus, Covid-19, Daily Mirror, Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport, Devil, disability, European Social Survey, God, heaven, hell, holocaust, i newspaper, Illegal Migration Bill, Ipsos Global Advisor, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jews, Justin Welby, Kantar Public, King Charles III, Lord Ashcroft Polls, marriages, monarchy, National Centre for Social Research, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, Peter Brierley, Policy Institute King’s College London, politics, prayer, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, religious census, religious practices, religious prejudice, rites of passage, royal family, Savanta ComRes, self-assessed religiosity, supernatural spirits, television audience for coronation, tenure, The Observer, The Times, UK Data Service, volunteering, World Values Survey, Yahoo News, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, March 2023

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 90, March 2023 features 14 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 90 March 2023

OPINION POLLS

Religious beliefs around the world: Gallup International Association poll
Political leaders and their religious beliefs: fall-out from the SNP leadership contest
Round-up of latest YouGov tracker polls
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Attitudes of young Muslims in the UK and their non-Muslim peers

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England cathedral statistics, 2021
Muslim women in sport: Muslim Census poll for Muslimah Sports Association
UK Jewish attitudes to the 2021 conflict in Israel and Gaza

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Estimated suicide rates by religion in England and Wales, 2011–21
Census, 2021, England and Wales: religion by housing, health, employment, education

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Psychological type profiles of the UK’s non-Anglican ministries
Other recent open access articles in academic journals

NEW DATASETS

Religion and politics: two UK home nation election datasets, 2021
Release of World Values Survey wave 7 (2017–22) datasets

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Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, attendance at religious services, Baptist Union of Great Britain, British Journal of Sociology, British versus Muslim identity, Cathedrals, census of population, Channel 4, Christopher Alan Lewis, Church of England, confidence in Churches, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Graham, David Voas, education, elections, employment, England and Wales, First Minister of Scotland, First Minister of Wales, Gallup International Association, Gareth Garland, Gaza, Gen Z, God, Health, heaven, hell, housing, Humeyra Guleryuz Erken, Hyphen, importance of religion in life, importance of teaching Religious Studies, influence of religion on world, influence of religious leaders, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, International Social Survey Program, Ipsos-MORI, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, John Hopkins Burgess, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Kate Forbes, Leslie Francis, life after death, media coverage of Muslims, Mental Health Religion and Culture, Muslim Census, Muslim women, Muslimah Sports Association, Muslims, Nadia Beider, Office for National Statistics, ORB International, ordained ministry, politicians voting according to personal religious beliefs, prayer, prime minister, psychological type profile, Religion and Politics, Religions, Religious Affiliation, religious belief as bar to high political office, religious census, religious festivals, religious nones, religious prejudice, religious socialization, Roman Catholic Church, Salvation Army, Savanta ComRes, science and religion, Scotland, Scottish National Party, Scottish Parliament, secularization, self-assessed religiosity, self-esteem, Senedd, sport, Steve Bruce, suicide, Sunday trading, Techne UK, The Express, time-off to celebrate Eid, Tomos ap Sion, UK Data Service, United Reformed Church, Ursula McKenna, Wales, World Values Survey, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, February 2023

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 89, February 2023 features 15 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 89 February 2023

OPINION POLLS

Same-sex marriage and the Church of England: two YouGov polls
Should religious people be allowed to hold top government jobs? YouGov/Theos poll
Religious affiliation in Great Britain: aggregate data from five Yonder polls in 2022
Lenten traditions and observances
British Jewish attitudes to Israel and Israeli politics

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

CAP/Brendan Research mapping of Greater Manchester church closures
Church of England clergy spouses and partners: Clergy Family Network survey
Community Security Trust’s anti-Semitic incidents report, 2022
Muslim Census exploration of Muslim women’s faith experiences
Growth of the Muslim humanitarian charity sector in the UK
Faith as a barrier to discussing LGBT+ topics in schools

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious census of England and Wales, 2021: additional analyses
Coronavirus chronicles: updating ethnic and religious contrasts in Covid-19 deaths

ACADEMIC STUDY

History of the humanist movement in modern Britain

NEW DATASET

Edinburgh Burgh Churches: Seat Rent Revenues, 1860–1925

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Posted in Covid-19, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged abortion, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, armed forces veterans, Ayaan Institute, Beatrice Bianchi, blessings, Bloomsbury Academic, Brenda Research, Callum Brown, census of population, Charlie Lynch, Church Action on Poverty, church closures, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Clergy Family Network, clergy spouses and partners, Community Security Trust, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Nash, David Voas, deprivation, disestablishment, Edinburgh, evangelical Christian, Fiona Tweedie, Greater Manchester, humanist movement, Israel, Israeli politics, Jahangir Mohammed, Jews, John Sawkins, Just Like Us, Kate Forbes, Lent, LGBT+ topics, Lucie Walsh, marriage and civil partnership status, mortality, Muslim, Muslim Census, Muslim humanitarian charities, Muslim women, Office for National Statistics, orthodox Jew, pancakes, Religion and Politics, Religious Affiliation, religious census, religious festivals, religious prejudice, Roman Catholic, same-sex marriage, Sarah Crouch, Sarah Purcell, seat rents, Survation, Ta Collective, Teacher Tapp, The Times, Theos, top government jobs, Yonder, YouGov | 2 Comments

Counting Religion in Britain, October 2021

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 73, October 2021 features 13 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 73 October 2021

OPINION POLLS

UnHerd’s response to Savanta ComRes poll on frequency of churchgoing and prayer
YouGov Death Study: some afterlife beliefs
Trustworthiness of clergy or priests: Ipsos MORI global study of professional rankings
Anti-Semitism in Europe: Ipsos SA survey for the Action and Protection League
Coronavirus chronicles: a comeback for Halloween?

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England Statistics for Mission, 2020
Results of elections to the Church of England General Synod, 2021
Economic and social value of church buildings in the UK
UK Jews and climate change: Institute for Jewish Policy Research panel survey
Muslim Census survey about Muslim university student finance

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious hate crimes recorded by police forces in England and Wales, 2020/21
Offender management statistics as at 30 September 2021

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Six recent articles in academic journals

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Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, Measuring religion, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Social Capital, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Action and Protection League, afterlife, Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, balanced affect, Carli Lessof, church at home, church attendance, Church of England, Church of Scotland, clergy or priests, climate change, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Graham, death, Denise Bonnette, diurnal activity, economic and social value of churches, Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, evangelicals, Family and Community History, Freddie Sayers, General Synod, Greg Smith, Halloween, hate crimes, holocaust, Home Office, Ian Jones, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos Global Trustworthiness Index, Ipsos SA, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jersey Road PR, Jews, John Payne, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Ken Eames, Leicestershire, Leslie Francis, Lincolnshire, manses, Mental Health Religion and Culture, Methodist Church, Michael Hirst, Michael Marshall, Milan Dinic, Ministry of Justice, Muslim Census, Muslims, National Churches Trust, ordinary theology, Peter Ould, prayer, prisoners, professions, Psephizo, redundant churches, Religious Affiliation, religious prejudice, Salvation Army, Savanta ComRes, secularization, student finance, The Skeptic, Theology and Ministry, trick or treating, trustworthiness, UnHerd, work-related psychological health, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, June 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 69, June 2021 features 13 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 69 June 2021

OPINION POLLS

Religion questions in recent polling by Number Cruncher Politics for British Future
Coronavirus chronicles: vaccine hesitancy and religious groups – Ipsos MORI polling
YouGov poll of public attitudes to lobbying by faith leaders against assisted dying
Attitudes towards the recent conflict between Israel and Palestinians
Survation survey of political party identification and voting among British Muslims
Is it being political for football fans to sing songs about the Pope or ISIS?
Alternative beliefs: do aliens exist and have they visited the earth?

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Good Faith Partnership’s vision for Covid-19 recovery

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: vaccine hesitancy and religious groups – ONS data
Faith schools and their pupils in England, January 2021
Religious profession in the armed forces as at 1 April 2021

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Values as the new religion: Linda Woodhead’s Edward Cadbury Lectures, 2021
Coronavirus chronicles: University of York’s ‘Churches, Covid-19, and Communities’

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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2021

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 68, May 2021 features 14 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 68 May 2021

OPINION POLLS

Afterlife beliefs: multinational poll from Maru Public Opinion
Religion and funerals: SunLife’s The Cost of Dying 2021 Report
First religion-related findings released from Fall 2020 Pew Global Attitudes Survey
Religion and conversion therapy: YouGov poll of public attitudes
Religion and charitable giving: YouGov Profiles data, 2020–21
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Coronavirus chronicles: Israel as a potential holiday destination

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Peter Brierley’s overview of numbers and trends in the UK church scene in 2021
Coronavirus chronicles: Church of Scotland’s congregational statistics report for 2020

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: latest ONS data on vaccine hesitancy and religion
Coronavirus chronicles: updated ONS figures on deaths involving Covid-19 by religion
Scotland’s census, 2022: religion topic report
Teacher Roman Catholic approval management information for Scotland

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: three articles in the current edition of Rural Theology

Posted in Covid-19, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Afterlife beliefs, Andrew Village, Anne Lawson, Anti-Semitism, attributes for being truly British, being a Christian, BICOM, Britishness, census of population, charitable giving, Christianophobia, Christians, Church of England, Church of England Newspaper, Church of Scotland, conversion therapy, coronavirus, Covid-19, Denominational Schools, direct cremations, discrimination, excess mortality, funeral organizers, funerals, FutureFirst, Gallup, Gavin Elliott, holiday destination, Islamophobia, Israel, Jewish News, Jews, Labour Party, Leslie Francis, life after death, Maru Public Opinion, Muslims, National Identity, National Records of Scotland, Office for National Statistics, Peter Brierley, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center, Preach Magazine, Reginald Bibby, religious prejudice, rites of passage, Roman Catholic Church, Rural Theology, Savanta ComRes, sexuality, SunLife, teacher approval, traditional religious funerals, vaccine hesitancy, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, March 2021

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 66, March 2021 features 20 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 66 March 2021

OPINION POLLS

Humanists UK’s 2021 census campaign bolstered by new YouGov polling
Updates to YouGov trackers: religion’s influence, belief in God, and Sunday trading
Should Church of England bishops continue to sit in the House of Lords?
Coronavirus chronicles: experiences of bereavement and funerals in the age of Covid-19
Attitudes to international aid: Savanta ComRes poll for Islamic Relief
Talking about religion: opinion poll for Zopa
Religious division in Scottish society: Survation poll for Scotland in Union
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party: YouGov poll of Labour members
Threat posed by Islamic extremists: YouGov poll of general public

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: the Anglican experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Baptist experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Methodist experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: vaccination rates by religion of people aged 70 and over
Census snippets: measuring religion in England and Wales in 2021
Characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Three recent articles in academic journals

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service SN 8699: Contemporary Relevance of Thatcherite Values, 2019
UK Data Service SN 8789: Annual Population Survey, January-December 2020

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