Summary information

Study title

Now! Religion Survey, 1979

Creator

Marplan Limited

Study number / PID

1366 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1366-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

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,...
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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

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

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Related publications

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