Category Archives: Official data

Marriages in England and Wales in 2009

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Office for National Statistics published a statistical bulletin on 30 March setting out the provisional figures for marriages which took place in England and Wales during 2009. Final data will not be available until the spring of 2012. The … Continue reading →

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Census Day

Posted on March 27, 2011 by David Voas

The census manages to evoke contrary responses: it’s either a bit of a joke or a threat to civil liberty. I’ll address the objections in a moment, but let’s start with the jolly part.
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Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, Census 2011, Data Security, David Voas, Religious Affiliation | Leave a comment

English Schools and Community Cohesion

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Education and Inspections Act 2006 placed a new duty on the governing bodies of maintained schools in England to promote community cohesion. In order to see how much progress schools had been making, the previous Labour administration commissioned Ipsos-MORI … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged Chris Phillips, community cohesion, Daniel Tse, Department for Education, Education and Inspections Act, Faith schools, Fiona Johnson, Ipsos-MORI, PREVENT, religious education, schools, violent extremism | Leave a comment

Places of Worship in England and Wales, 1999-2009

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Siobhan McAndrew

We have spent a little time compiling data on registered places of worship in England and Wales from 1999-2009 and are making a note here on the data, and the caveats you need to bear in mind before interpreting them. The headline data suggest that ‘mainline’ established denominations are showing a reduction over time in numbers of places of worship, while other world religions, ‘other Christians’, and ‘other’ faith communities are exhibiting a gradual increase.
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Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Uncategorized | Tagged Baptists, Brethren, Calvinistic Methodists, Congregationalists, General Register Office, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Mark Littler, Mehmood Naqshbandi, Methodists, Muslims in Britain, National Statistics, Register of Places of Worship, Roman Catholics, Salvation Army, Sikhs, Society of Friends, Unitarians, United Reformed Church | 1 Comment

Census Question Under Fire

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

There are just six days to go before UK residents have to complete the household and individual questionnaire for the decennial population census. But humanists are still simultaneously maintaining their attack on the voluntary question on religion while paradoxically encouraging … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, News from religious organisations, Official data, Survey news | Tagged British Humanist Association, Census, church attendance, Humanist Society of Scotland, humanists, Jesus Christ, Office for National Statistics, Religious Affiliation, Scotland, self-assessed religiosity, YouGov | 1 Comment

Catholics in Scottish Prisons

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Roman Catholics continue to be overrepresented in Scotland’s prison population, but the situation appears to be improving slowly. Catholics accounted for 28% of Scottish prisoners in 2001, 24% in 2006 and 23% in 2008-09, whereas they constituted 16% of all … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate | Tagged crime, deprivation, prisoners, prisons, Roman Catholics, Scottish Parliament, sectarianism, Susan Wiltshire, Tom Minogue | 1 Comment

Census Snippets

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Combined household and individual questionnaires for the 2011 population census have been dropping on doormats all week in preparation for the official enumeration date of Sunday, 27 March. They can be completed on paper or online. This will be the … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged advertising, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British Humanist Association, Buddhists, Census, Charedis, Church of England Newspaper, Church Times, Committee of Advertising Practice, Daily Telegraph, David Graham, Dudeism, Facebook, Federation of Irish Societies, Foundation for Holistic Spirituality, George Pitcher, heavy metal, Jedi Knights, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Methodist Recorder, Muslim Weekly, Muslims, Network of Buddhist Organisations, Office for National Statistics, Pagan Federation, Pagans, Paul Vallely, Sikh Federation, Sikhs, Sunday Times. Theos, The Universe | 2 Comments

Papal Visit – Final Reckoning

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Clive D. Field

A significant amount of controversy surrounded the run-up to the state and pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland and England on 16-19 September 2010, although, in retrospect, the visit was deemed by many to have been a success. … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion in public debate, Research note | Tagged finance, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, National Secular Society, papal visit, police, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church | Leave a comment

National Well-Being

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Clive D. Field

At the request of the Coalition Government, the Office for National Statistics is working to develop new statistical measures of national well-being, covering quality of life and environmental and sustainability issues, as well as the traditional economic performance of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Religion in public debate | Tagged Office for National Statistics, well-being | 1 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

Dear Deborah BRIN has not looked into this, but I am hopeful that you may be able to find this…

Hello, Do you happen to have a breakdown of the Religious affiliation of the Roma/Gypsy population in the UK? For…

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…

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Marriages in England and Wales in 2009

Census Day

English Schools and Community Cohesion

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Census Question Under Fire

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