Religious self-identification and reasons for identifying as Christian (4143)
Type of Data: Religious self-identification and reasons for identifying as Christian (4143)
Faith Community: General, Christianity
Date: 2021, 26-28 February
Geography: Great Britain
Sample Size: 2038
Population: Adults aged 18 and over
Keywords: Attendance at religious services, baptism, census, Christian school or Sunday school, Christians, Humanists UK, Jesus Christ, reasons for identifying as Christian, religious affiliation, religious identity, religious upbringing, self-assessed religiosity, YouGov
Collection Method: Online interview
Collection Agency: YouGov
Sponsor: Humanists UK
Published Source:
https://humanism.org.uk
BRIN ID: 4143
Remarks:
The survey was commissioned in advance of the taking of the decennial census in England and Wales on 21 March 2021. The sample was divided into two splits, one of which (n = 1027) was asked the census question on religion (‘What is your religion?’) and the other (n = 1011) the British Social Attitudes Survey question on religion (‘Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion? If yes, which?’) Respondents in either split who self-identified as a Christian were asked to give their reasons for doing so, choosing from a pre-set list. All respondents in the first split were also asked about their attendance at religious services before the Covid-19 pandemic and their self-assessed religiosity.
Posted by: Clive D. Field
British Religion in Numbers: All the material published on this
website is subject to copyright. We
explain further here.
Perhaps what I wrote wasn't clear. I suggested that new immigrants are more likely than others to have a religion.…