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Religious affiliation (current and by upbringing), church attendance, importance of religion and other factors in getting ahead in life, and relative role of religious and other groups for child safeguarding (3001)


Type of Data: Religious affiliation (current and by upbringing), church attendance, importance of religion and other factors in getting ahead in life, and relative role of religious and other groups for child safeguarding (3001)

Faith Community: General

Date: 2009, June-November

Geography: Great Britain

Sample Size: 3421 (55% response), of whom 2942 also returned the self-completion questionnaire

Population: Adults aged 18 and over

Keywords: Abuse, children, church attendance, churchgoing, getting ahead, importance of religion, neglect, religion of upbringing, religious affiliation, safeguarding

Collection Method: Face-to-face interview and self-completion questionnaire

Collection Agency: National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)

Sponsor: Consortium of Government departments, Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Hera Trust, Economic and Social Research Council and Aalborg University

Survey Instrument: http://www.matcen.ac.uk

Published Source:

  • http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=891
  • Anthony Heath, Nan Dirk de Graaf and Yaojun Li, 'How Fair is the Route to the Top? Perceptions of Social Mobility', British Social Attitudes: The 27th Report, Exploring Labour's Legacy, eds Alison Park, John Curtice, Elizabeth Clery and Catherine Bryson, London: Sage, 2010, pp. 29-50
  • Ben Clements, ‘Religious Affiliation and Attitudes towards Immigrants in Britain’, British Religion in Numbers, 17 June 2011, http://www.brin.ac.uk/2011/religious-affiliation-and-attitudes-towards-immigrants-in-britain/

    BRIN ID: 3001

    Remarks:

    British Social Attitudes Survey, 2009. The question about getting ahead in life was included in Version A of the self-completion questionnaire, which was administered to a one-third sample. Dataset available at UKDA as SN 6695.

    Posted by: Clive D. Field

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