Religious affiliation (by upbringing and current); religious practices; and impact of religion on everyday life (3353)

Type of Data: Religious affiliation (by upbringing and current); religious practices; and impact of religion on everyday life (3353)

Faith Community: General

Date: 2012, January-2014, May

Geography: United Kingdom

Sample Size: 51579 adults, 4049 young people

Population: Adults aged 16 and over, young people aged 10-15

Keywords: Attendance at religious services, charity, churchgoing, clothing, drink, food, friends, importance of religion, job, marriage, personal relationships, prayer, religion of upbringing, religious affiliation, savings, schooling

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

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

Sponsor: Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and a consortium of government departments

Published Source:

David Voas, ‘Understanding Society, Wave 4’, British Religion in Numbers, 20 December 2014, http://www.brin.ac.uk/2014/understanding-society-wave-4/

BRIN ID: 3353

Remarks:

Wave 4 of Understanding Society (United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study). Questions on religious affiliation and attendance and on the difference made by religious beliefs were posed to the whole sample, but all other questions were put to ethnic minorities only. Dataset available at UKDA as SN 6614

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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