Type of Data: Attitudes to and experience of women priests in the Church of England (3492)
Faith Community: Christianity (Church of England)
Date: 1999
Geography: England
Sample Size: 1225 (59% response)
Population: Church of England regular churchgoers
Keywords: Christian Research, Church of England, churchgoers, churchmanship, National Women and the Church (WATCH), ordination of women, women bishops, women priests
Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire
Collection Agency: Christian Research
Sponsor: National Women and the Church (WATCH)
BRIN ID: 3492
Remarks:
Participating churches were selected using four control variables (churchmanship, environment, location, and congregational size). The minister of each church was then asked to distribute questionnaires to 10 regular churchgoers across different ages and genders. Data were weighted with respect to the national age profile of churchgoers as recorded in the 1998 English Church Census. A qualitative phase of research was also undertaken via three focus groups.
Posted by: Clive D. Field
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Eddie You can email them to c.d.field@bham.ac.uk Best wishes. Clive
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