Attitudes to pseudoscience, the origins of life, and medical and genetic research (2996)

Type of Data: Attitudes to pseudoscience, the origins of life, and medical and genetic research (2996)

Faith Community: General, Alternative

Date: 2009, January-March

Geography: United Kingdom

Sample Size: 1179 adults (49% response), 374 young people (86% response)

Population: Adults aged 18 and over and young people aged 14-18, living in private households

Keywords: Acupuncture, alternative medicine, astrology, birth, church attendance, churchgoing, commencement of human life, conception, creationism, crystal healing, evolution, genetic research, God, herbal medicine, homeopathy, horoscopes, hypnotherapy, medical research, natural selection, origins of human life, pseudoscience, reiki, religious affiliation, science education

Collection Method: Face-to-face interview

Collection Agency: National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

Sponsor: Wellcome Trust

Published Source:

Sarah Butt, Elizabeth Clery, Varunie Abeywardana and Miranda Phillips, Wellcome Trust Monitor, 1: Tracking Public Views on Medical Research, London: Wellcome Trust, 2010

BRIN ID: 2996

Remarks:

Dataset available at ESDS as SN 6889

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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