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 between April 2009 and March 2010, by Ipsos MORI and TNS-BMRB. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 16,140 adults aged 16 and over in England and Wales, including an ethnic minority booster sample of 5,280 and a Muslim booster sample of 1,555.

Each of the three reports comprises three separate files: a PDF text file, tables (in Excel), and logistic regression models (in Excel). The sheer volume of data makes it impossible to summarize even the key statistics here, but the following list of the principal religion-related tables may be of assistance to BRIN users.

RACE, RELIGION AND EQUALITIES, ENGLAND AND WALES

• A.1 – religion (time series)
• A.2 – religion by ethnicity
• A.2a – religion by gender
• B.1 – practice of religion by religion
• B.1a – practice of religion by religion (time series)
• B.2 – practice of religion by gender within religion
• B.3 – practice of religion by age within religion
• B.3a – practice of religion by age within religion (time series)
• C.1 – extent to which religion affects day-to-day life by practice of religion within religion (time series)
• C.2 – extent to which religion affects day-to-day life by ethno-religious group
• C.3 – extent to which religion affects day-to-day life by country of birth
• C.4 – extent to which religion affects day-to-day life by gender
• C.5 – extent to which religion affects day-to-day life by socio-economic group
• C.6 – extent to which religion affects day-to-day life by age within religion
• C.7 – extent to which religion affects day-to-day life by practice of religion within gender
• D.1 – perceptions of religious prejudice (time series)
• D.2 – perceptions of religious prejudice by religion
• D.2a – proportion feeling there is more religious prejudice by religion
• D.3 – proportion feeling there is more religious prejudice by gender
• D.4 – proportion feeling there is more religious prejudice by age
• D.5/5a – proportion feeling there is more religious prejudice by ethno-religious group
• D.6 – proportion feeling there is more religious prejudice by country of birth
• D.7 – proportion feeling there is more religious prejudice by socio-economic group
• E.1 – religious and other groups experiencing more religious prejudice by religion
• E.1a – religious and other groups experiencing more religious prejudice by religion (time series)
• E.2 – religious and other groups experiencing less religious prejudice by religion
• F.1 – proportion feeling they are able to practice their religion freely (time series)
• F.2 – proportion feeling they are able to practice their religion freely by religion
• F.3 – proportion feeling they are able to practice their religion freely by ethno-religious group
• F.4 – proportion feeling they are able to practice their religion freely by age within religion
• F.5 – proportion feeling they are able to practice their religion freely by country of birth
• G.1 – perceptions of how much Government is doing to protect religious rights (time series)
• G.2 – perceptions of how much Government is doing to protect religious rights by age
• G.3 – perceptions of how much Government is doing to protect religious rights by socio-economic group
• G.4 – perceptions of how much Government is doing to protect religious rights by religion
• G.5 – perceptions of how much Government is doing to protect religious rights by ethno-religious group
• G.6 – perceptions of how much Government is doing to protect religious rights by country of birth
• H.1 – religious groups whose rights perceived to be protected too much/little by religion
• H.1a – religious groups whose rights perceived to be protected too much/little by religion (time series)
• J.6 – perceptions of racial prejudice by ethno-religious group
• K.1/1a – religious and other groups experiencing more racial prejudice by ethnicity
• K.1b – religious and other groups experiencing more racial prejudice (time series)
• K.2 – religious and other groups experiencing less racial prejudice by ethnicity
• N.1 – religious and other groups treated better by public service organizations by ethnicity
• P.1 – perceptions of religious discrimination by public service organizations by religion (time series)
• P.2 – perceptions of religious discrimination by public service organizations by practice of religion within religion
• P.3 – perceptions of religious discrimination by public service organizations by ethno-religious group
• P.4 – perceptions of religious discrimination by public service organizations by gender within religion
• P.5 – perceptions of religious discrimination by public service organizations by age within religion
• P.6 – perceptions of religious discrimination by public service organizations by country of birth
• Q.1 – organizations from which respondents experienced religious discrimination by religion
• Q.2 – organizations from which respondents experienced religious discrimination by ethno-religious group
• S.1 – perceptions of religious discrimination in employment
• S.2 – perceptions of religious discrimination in employment by ethnicity
• S.7 – perceptions of religious discrimination in employment by religion
• T.3 – proportion worried about being physically attacked by ethno-religious group
• T.3a – proportion worried about being physically attacked by religion
• U.4 – perceptions of how big a problem racial or religious harassment is by ethno-religious group
• U.4a – perceptions of how big a problem racial or religious harassment is by religion
• V.2 – experience of harassment by religion
• W.2 – religion as perceived cause of harassment
• W.2a – religion as perceived cause of harassment by religion
• W.2b – religion as perceived cause of harassment by ethnicity
• X.5 – perceptions of level of respect respondents treated with by religion

 COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN ENGLAND

• A.4b – satisfaction with local area by religion
• B.4b – whether local area has got better or worse by religion
• C.4b – enjoyment of living in local neighbourhood by religion
• D.5 – sense of belonging to neighbourhood/local area/Britain by religion
• E.4b – whether people pull together in neighbourhood by religion
• F.4b – whether people in neighbourhood can be trusted by religion
• G.4b – whether people feel safe walking in neighbourhood after dark by religion
• H.4b – fear of crime by religion
• I.4b – perceptions of community cohesion by religion
• J.4b – perceived respect of ethnic differences in local area by religion
• K.4b – attitude to immigration by religion
• M.3b – whether have friends from different ethnic groups by religion
• N.1 – proportion of friends from same religious background
• N.2 – proportion of friends from same religious background by age and gender
• N.3a – proportion of friends from same religious background by ethnicity
• N.3b – proportion of friends from same religious background by religion
• N.4 – proportion of friends from same religious background by density of ethnic minority households
• O.3b – proportion of friends from same age group by religion
• P.3b – proportion of friends from same income group by religion
• Q.1 – places of worship as venues for social mixing (time series)
• Q.2 – places of worship as venues for social mixing by age and gender
• Q.3a – places of worship as venues for social mixing by ethnicity
• Q.3b – places of worship as venues for social mixing by religion
• Q.4 – places of worship as venues for social mixing by socio-economic group
• Q.5 – places of worship as venues for social mixing by index of multiple deprivation
• Q.6 – places of worship as venues for social mixing by region and type of area
• Q.7 – places of worship as venues for social mixing by density of ethnic minority households
• R.1 – encouragement of social mixing by visiting other places of worship by age and gender
• R.2 – encouragement of social mixing by visiting other places of worship by ethnicity

COMMUNITY ACTION IN ENGLAND

• A.7 – participation in civic engagement by religion
• B.5b – perceived ability to influence decisions locally and nationally by religion
• C.6b – perceived importance of being able to influence local decisions by religion
• D.5b – desire to be more involved in local council decisions by religion
• G.7 – trust in institutions by religion
• H.5 – regular volunteering by religion
• K.1 – formal volunteering for religious and other organizations
• K.2 – formal volunteering for religious and other organizations by age, gender and disability
• K.3 – formal volunteering for religious and other organizations by ethnicity
• L.1 – places of worship as sources of information about volunteering opportunities
• L.2 – places of worship as sources of information about volunteering opportunities by age and gender
• O.5 – charitable giving by religion
• Q.1 – collections at places of worship as method of charitable giving (time series)

The dataset for the study is already available at the Economic and Social Data Service as SN 6733. Some preliminary findings have featured on BRIN at:

http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/2010/citizenship-survey-2009-10-first-results/

http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/2010/violent-extremism/

We have also covered what DCLG claims will be the only formal published output from the 2010-11 Citizenship Survey, which will be the last in the series (it has been axed, as a cost-cutting measure). See:

http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/2011/farewell-to-the-citizenship-survey/