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Religious Affiliation by Birth Decade

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Siobhan McAndrew

Looking at the pooled British Social Attitudes 1983-2008 sample, I wanted to see how religious affiliation varies by birth decade in England, Scotland and Wales, and particularly how younger birth cohorts compare with older birth cohorts.
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Posted in Measuring religion, visualisation | Tagged Birth Cohorts, British Social Attitudes Survey, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Episcopalian Church, Free Churches, Non-Denominational Christians, Other Religions, Religious Affiliation, Rod Ling, Roman Catholic Church | Leave a comment

A Perfect Companion

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Anybody feeling a little at sea in the plethora of religious data may find a new briefing paper from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) a great boon. Written by EHRC’s research manager, David Perfect, and simply entitled Religion … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, Official data | Tagged British Social Attitudes Survey, Census, church attendance, Church of England, Citizenship Survey, clergy, David Perfect, Employment Tribunal, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Eurobarometer, God, Integrated Household Survey, Religious Affiliation, religious belonging, Religious discrimination, religious prejudice | 2 Comments

Getting Ahead in Life

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The traditional annual volume derived from the British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey was published by Sage just before Christmas. Edited by Alison Park, John Curtice, Elizabeth Clery and Catherine Bryson, The 27th Report: Exploring Labour’s Legacy was based on the … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Survey news | Tagged abuse, British Social Attitudes Survey, children, church attendance, getting ahead, importance of religion, NatCen, Religious Affiliation, social care | Leave a comment

Online Tools for Analysing Religious Data: (2) Britsocat.com

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Following on from the previous post, a second online resource exists at Britsocat.com, which provides an online tool for analysis of data from the British Social Attitudes surveys. You need to register your e-mail address and login with a password, but access is free and it’s easy-to-use. This is an amazing resource: over 20,000 questions have been put to respondents over the course of the 1983-2008 surveys. Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, visualisation | Tagged British Social Attitudes Survey, Britsocat, CCESD, Data Visualisation, ESDS, Nesstar, Online Tools, religious prejudice | 2 Comments

Freedom of Religion

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Clive D. Field

It is ten years since the Human Rights Act entered the statute books. To commemorate the anniversary, the campaigning organization Liberty has commissioned ComRes to undertake a poll of public attitudes to human rights. Fieldwork was conducted by telephone between … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged British Social Attitudes Survey, Citizenship Survey, ComRes, freedom of religion, Human Rights Act, Liberty, Pew Global Attitudes Project | 1 Comment

Christian Research and Churchgoing

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Two articles in yesterday’s broadsheet press gave somewhat conflicting assessments of the state of religion in contemporary Britain, in the lead-in to the papal visit to Britain, which starts next Thursday. Writing in The Guardian, Julian Glover portrayed ‘a nation … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in the Press | Tagged Baptist Union, Benita Hewitt, British Social Attitudes Survey, Christian Research, church attendance, Church Mouse, Church of England, churchgoing, Daily Telegraph, David Voas, Julian Glover, Martin Beckford, Methodist Church, Peter Brierley, Roman Catholic Church, secularization, The Guardian | 6 Comments

Catholic Adoption

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Clive D. Field

On 19 August the Charity Commission announced its decision not to consent to the request from the charity Catholic Care to amend its charitable objects to restrict its adoption services to heterosexual prospective parents only. This followed a High Court … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in the Press | Tagged adoption, British Social Attitudes Survey, Catholic Care, Charity Commission, homosexuality, ICM, Populus, Roman Catholic Church, YouGov | Leave a comment

The British Social Attitudes Survey 2008 (part II)

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Just to clarify, part II refers to this being our second post on the 2008 BSA, rather than the survey having two parts. The excellent news is that the dataset has been published online this week, and it’s fair to … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Survey news | Tagged Bioethical Attitudes, British Social Attitudes Survey, Civic Engagement, David Campbell, David Voas, Denmark, ESDS, Harvard, Intergenerational Transmission, Ireland, ISSP, Manchester, NatCen, National Identity, NORFACE, Northern Ireland, Notre Dame, Political Identity, Political Sociology, Relemerge, Religiosity, Religious Affiliation, Religious Identity, Robert Putnam, Social Capital, Templeton, The Netherlands, US | 1 Comment

Thanks for your query. There are no recent British data on these topics which spring to mind, at least so…

Is there any data on the number of converts to Christianity from Islam and vice versa in the UK?

The census of population (2001, 2011, 2021) is the main statistical source for non-Christian and other faiths and groups. Jews…

Very interesting

Where are the statistics for other religious groups? In addition, analysis on the differences between 1st to 3rd generation migrant…

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