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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2016

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 15, December 2016 features 37 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: no-15-december-2016 OPINION POLLS Importance of Christmas More than nine in ten Britons celebrate Christmas, … Continue reading →

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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

Zion’s People: Profile of English Nonconformity

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Protestant Nonconformity, formerly known as Religious Dissent and latterly as the Free Churches, has made a major contribution to all walks of British life, not just the religious. The movement had its origins in the puritans and separatists of Elizabethan … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, Measuring religion | Tagged Age, Baptists, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Clive Field, Congregationalists, ethnicity, Free Churches, gender, marital status, Methodists, Nonconformity, occupation, Protestant Nonconformists, Quakers, Religious Society of Friends | Leave a comment