Religious census of population (3125)

Type of Data: Religious census of population (3125)

Faith Community: General

Date: 2011, 27 March

Geography: Great Britain

Sample Size: 61371315

Population: Whole population

Keywords: Census of population, National Records of Scotland, Office for National Statistics, religious affiliation

Collection Method: Self-completion household schedule

Collection Agency: Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland

Survey Instrument: http://www.ons.gov.uk

Published Source:

http://www.ons.gov.uk

http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/2012/religious-census-2011-england-and-wales/

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http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/2014/more-scottish-census-data-and-other-news/

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David Graham, Health and Disability in Britain’s Jewish Population: Details from the 2011 Census, London: Institute for Jewish Policy Research, 2015

David Graham with Maria Luisa Caputo, Jewish Families and Jewish Households: Census Insights about How We Live, London: Institute for Jewish Policy Research, 2015

James R. Lewis, ‘Education, Irreligion, and Non-Religion: Evidence from Select Anglophone Census Data’, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 30, 2015, pp. 265-72

Khadijah Elshayyal, Scottish Muslims in Numbers: Understanding Scotland’s Muslim Population through the 2011 Census, Edinburgh: Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, 2016

 Steve Bruce and Tony Glendinning, ‘Sectarianism in the Scottish Labour Market: What the 2011 Census Shows’, Scottish Affairs, Vol. 26, 2017, pp. 163-75

BRIN ID: 3125

Remarks:

Different questions were asked in England and Wales (‘what is your religion?’) and in Scotland (‘what religion, religious denomination, or body do you belong to?’) The religious census also took place in Northern Ireland, undertaken by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Dataset of aggregate data available at UKDA as SN 7427.

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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