Religious affiliation, churchgoing and religious beliefs in relation to bereavement (2389)

Type of Data: Religious affiliation, churchgoing and religious beliefs in relation to bereavement (2389)

Faith Community: General

Date: 1963, April-May

Geography: Great Britain

Sample Size: 359

Population: Adults aged 16 and over who had been bereaved of a primary relative within the last five years

Keywords: Afterlife, bereavement, church attendance, churchgoing, death, devil, life after death, mourning, prayer, religious affiliation

Collection Method: Face-to-face interview

Collection Agency: Research Services Ltd

Sponsor: Geoffrey Edgar Solomon Gorer

Published Source:

Geoffrey Edgar Solomon Gorer, Death, Grief and Mourning in Contemporary Britain, London: Cresset Press, 1965

BRIN ID: 2389

Remarks:

Dataset available at ESDS as SN 5401. The raw material for this survey will be found in the Geoffrey Gorer Archive, University of Sussex Library, I/G/8

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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