Religious affiliation and religious practice; importance of religion in defining personal identity and in everyday life; perceptions and experience of racial and religious prejudice; mixing between different religious groups; respect for all faiths and freedom of religion as important values; satisfaction with Government in protecting the rights of different religious groups; charitable giving and volunteering in connection with religion (2622)

Type of Data: Religious affiliation and religious practice; importance of religion in defining personal identity and in everyday life; perceptions and experience of racial and religious prejudice; mixing between different religious groups; respect for all faiths and freedom of religion as important values; satisfaction with Government in protecting the rights of different religious groups; charitable giving and volunteering in connection with religion (2622)

Faith Community: General, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism

Date: 2007, April-2008, March

Geography: England and Wales

Sample Size: 14095, including a booster sample of 4759 of ethnic minorities

Population: Adults aged 16 and over

Keywords: Anglicans, anti-Semitism, Britishness, Buddhists, charitable giving, Christians, church attendance, church collection, churchgoing, citizenship, civic engagement, community cohesion, customs and traditions, discrimination, employment, ethnic minorities, freedom of religion, friends, Government, Hindus, importance of religion, integration, Islamophobia, Jews, job, Muslims, places of worship, prejudice, Protestants, public service organizations, racial prejudice, religious affiliation, religious beliefs, religious groups, religious harassment, religious identity, religious practice, religious prejudice, respect for all faiths, rights, Roman Catholics, school, Sikhs, social mixing, values, volunteering, work

Collection Method: Face-to-face interview

Collection Agency: National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)

Sponsor: Race, Cohesion and Faith Research Unit, Department for Communities and Local Government

Published Source:

Cheryl Lloyd, 2007-08 Citizenship Survey: Identity and Values Topic Report, London: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2009

Cheryl Lloyd, 2007-08 Citizenship Survey: Community Cohesion Topic Report, London: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2009

Maya Agur and Natalie Low, 2007-08 Citizenship Survey: Empowered Communities Topic Report, London: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2009

Sarah Kitchen, 2007-08 Citizenship Survey: Volunteering and Charitable Giving Topic Report, London: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2009

Chris Ferguson, Steven Finch and Ola Turczuk, 2007-08 Citizenship Survey: Race, Religion and Equalities Topic Report, London: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2009

Helen Connolly, Attitudes, Values and Perceptions: Muslims and the General Population in 2007-08, London: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2010

Rahsaan Maxwell, 'Trust in Government among British Muslims: The Importance of Migration Status', Political Behavior, Vol. 32, 2010, pp. 89-109

 Maria Sobolewska, ‘Religious Extremism in Britain and British Muslims: Threatened Citizenship and the Role of Religion’, The New Extremism in 21st Century Britain, edited by Roger Eatwell and Matthew J. Goodwin, London: Routledge, 2010, pp. 23-46

http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=17

BRIN ID: 2622

Remarks:

Citizenship Survey, 2007-08. Dataset available at ESDS as SN 5739

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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