Tag Archives: Religious Practice

The European Social Survey: Religion in Britain

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Ben Clements

This BRIN post looks at religious data pertaining to Britain from the European Social Survey (ESS), a cross-national survey which has so far involved seven waves conducted every two years since 2002. In each wave, the UK adult population has … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, Research note, Survey news | Tagged Anglicans, Behaving, Belonging, Christians, church attendance, Church of England, European Social Surveys, Other Religions, prayer, Religiosity, Religious Practice, Roman Catholics, self-assessed religiosity, Survey Data, surveys | 1 Comment

The 1957 Youth Research Council Survey of Young People’s Religion and Lifestyles

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Siobhan McAndrew

It’s my pleasure to announce the publication online of a survey dataset, the 1957 Youth Research Council Survey of Young People’s Religion and Lifestyles (SN 7933). Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Historical studies, Measuring religion, Religion and Social Capital | Tagged Catholic faith, church attendance, Digital Divide Data, Digitisation, Frank Lane, Gallup, Mass-Observation, Newman Demographic Survey, Nuffield Foundation, Pastoral Research Centre Trust, Religious Practice, Social Surveys, Sunday Activity, Tony Spencer, UK Data Service, Young Christian Workers, youth, Youth Research Council Survey 1957 | 1 Comment

Citizenship Survey Topic Reports, 2009/10

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) released three topic reports on the Citizenship Survey on 21 December, the first such publications for fifteen months. They can be accessed at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/research/citizenshipsurvey/recentreports/ The documents relate to the Citizenship Survey undertaken … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged charitable giving, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, community action, community cohesion, community spirit, Department for Communities and Local Government, equalities, ethnic minorities, freedom of religion, friends, government, influence of religion, Ipsos-MORI, Muslims, physical attack, places of worship, protection of religious rights, racial prejudice, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious harassment, Religious Practice, religious prejudice, respect, social mixing, TNS-BMRB, volunteering | Leave a comment

Taking Part, 2010-11

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Clive D. Field

My colleague Siobhan McAndrew introduced BRIN users to the Taking Part surveys in her post on 12 April 2010. See: http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=172 These studies have been running continuously in England since 2005, with fieldwork by TNS-BMRB on behalf of the Department … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged culture, Department for Culture Media and Sport, heritage, leisure, Religious Affiliation, Religious Practice, sport, Taking Part, TNS-BMRB | Leave a comment

Taking Part in England

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

The Taking Part in England survey is a large survey of cultural and leisure participation in England, sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The first was fielded in July 2005 and it has been run annually since then. The current collection agency is BMRB Social Research, which operates the survey via face-to-face interview. Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Survey news | Tagged arts, BMRB Social Research, culture, DCMS, England, leisure, NETQuest, Religion, religious participation, Religious Practice, sports, Taking Part survey | 3 Comments

The RELACHS Study

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

It’s been a little while since I made a post here, having spent some time fixing other parts of the site. But I’ll make a dip back into the BRIN blog by flagging up the RELACHS survey. RELACHS is not yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Other, Survey news | Tagged Bullying, Dress, Drug Use, East London, Epidemiology, Health, Longitudinal, Mental Health, Obesity, Panel Study, RELACHS, Religious Affiliation, Religious Practice, Sexual Risk Behaviours, Smoking, Teenage Pregnancy, young people | 1 Comment