Religious and paranormal beliefs; perceived influence of religion on British life (2283)

Type of Data: Religious and paranormal beliefs; perceived influence of religion on British life (2283)

Faith Community: General, Alternative

Date: 1975, 29 May-2 June

Geography: Great Britain

Sample Size: 958

Population: Adults aged 16 and over

Keywords: Afterlife, black magic, British life, deja vu, devil, exchanging messages with the dead, faith healing, flying saucers, forecasting the future, fortune telling, ghosts, God, heaven, hell, horoscopes, hypnotism, influence of religion, life after death, lucky charms, lucky mascots, paranormal, premonition, reincarnation, religious affiliation, thought transference

Collection Method: Face-to-face interview

Collection Agency: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll)

Published Source:

Gallup Political Index, No. 179, June 1975, p. 9

The Gallup International Public Opinion Polls: Great Britain, 1937-1975, ed. George Horace Gallup, 2 vol., New York: Random House, 1976, Vol. 2, pp. 1417-18

Ben Clements, ‘Re-Examining Religious and Paranormal Beliefs in Mid-1970s Britain’, British Religion in Numbers, 9 May 2016, http://www.brin.ac.uk/2016/re-examining-religious-and-paranormal-beliefs-in-mid-1970s-britain/

BRIN ID: 2283

Remarks:

Dataset available at ESDS as SN 1330 and the Roper Center as GBSSLT75-CQ962

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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