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Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
A)Clergy
Most important job clergy has, main value of having a religious faith, whether believes in life after death and in what form, proportion of people from own parish meets during year and most usual place. Agreement/disagreement with several statements concerning church and religion, for which causes money should be raised. Whether the Chruch should be more/less involved in politics, whether members of clergy are allowed to join political parties/trade unions and opinion, whether clergy should be able to enter Parliament, whether women should be able to join clergy. Assessment of how well governing body manages the Church, whether Church should be more involved with maintaining status quo or with change.
B)Adults
Type of problems faced (e.g. family, job, health, religious, marital, sexual) with whom would talk over these problems (e.g. spouse, friend, social worker, doctor, vicar or priest, etc.), frequency of attending church services or religious ceremonies (not including weddings, funerals or christenings), date last attended, whether believes in life after death and in what form, own religion, main value of having a religious faith (e.g. gives meaning to life, provides a moral standard, etc.). Whether ever met local vicar or priest - if so, how often and where, most important job clergy has (e.g. help the poor, teach the word of God, work on community matters). Agreement/disagreement with several statements concerning religion and the church. Whether the Church should be more/less involved in politics, for which causes money should be raised (e.g. charities, political movements, refugees, etc.), whether members of the clergy are allowed to join political parties/trade unions and opinion, whether clergy should be able to enter Parliament, whether women should be able to join clergy.
Background Variables
A)Clergy
Age cohort, religion
B)Adults
Occupation and qualifications of head of household, sex, age cohort,...
Terminology used is generally based on DDI controlled vocabularies: Time Method, Analysis Unit, Sampling Procedure and Mode of Collection, available at CESSDA Vocabulary Service.
Methodology
Data collection period
01/08/1979
Country
Great Britain
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
Groups
National
Adults
Ministers of religion
Universe
Adults and clergymen
Sampling procedure
Quota sample
Kind of data
Not available
Data collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1981
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