religion
Datafile
Index terms
Variable note:
This is a variable that is fed forward from previous waves to route respondents appropriately in the questionnaire. To aid data collection, information reported at an earlier time is fed forward to the respondent to personalize the question. Rather than ask a question about affiliation to a religion, the question might say: When we interviewed you on [ff_Idate], you said you regard yourself as belonging to [ff_oprlg1]. Is that still the case?
Question asked in the latest wave:
religion_w14.oprlg
Question label:
Whether belong to a religion
Question text:
Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion?
Question universe:
if ff_ivlolw 1 & ff_everint 1 & (GRIDVARIABLES.EMBoost = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.GPCompare = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.LDA = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.IEMB = 1 | HHGRID.Region = 4 | GRIDVARIABLES.FBorn = 1 | ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.Racel > 1 | ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.Racelt > 1 | ETHNICITYANDNATIONALIDENTITY.Racelwt > 1 | INITIALCONDITIONS.UKBorn = 5) (new entrant never interviewed AND is in the EM boost, GP comparison, new entrant in LDA household or the IEMB sample or resident in Northern Ireland or Ethnic group is not British/English/Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish or was not born in the UK)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34257 | 96.58% |
| proxy | -7 | 134 | 0.38% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Church of England/Anglican | 2 | 75 | 0.21% |
| Roman Catholic | 3 | 241 | 0.68% |
| Church of Scotland | 4 | 6 | 0.02% |
| Free Church or Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland | 5 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Episcopalian | 6 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Methodist | 7 | 15 | 0.04% |
| Baptist | 8 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Congregational/United Reform/URC | 9 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Other Christian | 10 | 93 | 0.26% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 110 | 0.31% |
| Muslim/Islam | 12 | 333 | 0.94% |
| Hindu | 13 | 95 | 0.27% |
| Jewish | 14 | 14 | 0.04% |
| Sikh | 15 | 41 | 0.12% |
| Buddhist | 16 | 17 | 0.05% |
| Other | 97 | 23 | 0.06% |
| Total | 35471 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 27722 | 99.01% |
| proxy | -7 | 104 | 0.37% |
| refusal | -2 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Church of England/Anglican | 2 | 11 | 0.04% |
| Roman Catholic | 3 | 12 | 0.04% |
| Baptist | 8 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Other Christian | 10 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 15 | 0.05% |
| Muslim/Islam | 12 | 101 | 0.36% |
| Hindu | 13 | 11 | 0.04% |
| Sikh | 15 | 9 | 0.03% |
| Buddhist | 16 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other | 97 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Total | 27998 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 16604 | 56.73% |
| proxy | -7 | 198 | 0.68% |
| refusal | -2 | 24 | 0.08% |
| don't know | -1 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Church of England/Anglican | 2 | 4815 | 16.45% |
| Roman Catholic | 3 | 1775 | 6.06% |
| Church of Scotland | 4 | 502 | 1.72% |
| Free Church or Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland | 5 | 63 | 0.22% |
| Episcopalian | 6 | 23 | 0.08% |
| Methodist | 7 | 420 | 1.43% |
| Baptist | 8 | 212 | 0.72% |
| Congregational/United Reform/URC | 9 | 66 | 0.23% |
| Other Christian | 10 | 493 | 1.68% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 1062 | 3.63% |
| Muslim/Islam | 12 | 1842 | 6.29% |
| Hindu | 13 | 443 | 1.51% |
| Jewish | 14 | 94 | 0.32% |
| Sikh | 15 | 288 | 0.98% |
| Buddhist | 16 | 86 | 0.29% |
| Other | 97 | 254 | 0.87% |
| Total | 29271 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 31331 | 97.88% |
| proxy | -7 | 464 | 1.45% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Church of England/Anglican | 2 | 12 | 0.04% |
| Roman Catholic | 3 | 13 | 0.04% |
| Baptist | 8 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Other Christian | 10 | 15 | 0.05% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 18 | 0.06% |
| Muslim/Islam | 12 | 117 | 0.37% |
| Hindu | 13 | 9 | 0.03% |
| Jewish | 14 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Sikh | 15 | 14 | 0.04% |
| Buddhist | 16 | 3 | 0.01% |
| The Church of Wales | 17 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other | 97 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Total | 32008 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33268 | 96.94% |
| proxy | -7 | 804 | 2.34% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Church of England/Anglican | 2 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Roman Catholic | 3 | 20 | 0.06% |
| Church of Scotland | 4 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Methodist | 7 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Baptist | 8 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other Christian | 10 | 10 | 0.03% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 19 | 0.06% |
| Muslim/Islam | 12 | 123 | 0.36% |
| Hindu | 13 | 31 | 0.09% |
| Jewish | 14 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Sikh | 15 | 18 | 0.05% |
| Buddhist | 16 | 2 | 0.01% |
| The Church of Wales | 17 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other | 97 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Total | 34319 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 34582 | 95.91% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Church of England/Anglican | 2 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Roman Catholic | 3 | 43 | 0.12% |
| Church of Scotland | 4 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Methodist | 7 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Baptist | 8 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Other Christian | 10 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 29 | 0.08% |
| Muslim/Islam | 12 | 206 | 0.57% |
| Hindu | 13 | 35 | 0.1% |
| Jewish | 14 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sikh | 15 | 27 | 0.07% |
| Buddhist | 16 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other | 97 | 11 | 0.03% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 23 | 0.06% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 19074 | 48.54% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| refusal | -2 | 15 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 16 | 0.04% |
| Church of England/Anglican | 2 | 7097 | 18.06% |
| Roman Catholic | 3 | 2669 | 6.79% |
| Church of Scotland | 4 | 716 | 1.82% |
| Free Church or Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland | 5 | 93 | 0.24% |
| Episcopalian | 6 | 37 | 0.09% |
| Methodist | 7 | 608 | 1.55% |
| Baptist | 8 | 289 | 0.74% |
| Congregational/United Reform/URC | 9 | 94 | 0.24% |
| Other Christian | 10 | 652 | 1.66% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 1610 | 4.1% |
| Muslim/Islam | 12 | 2921 | 7.43% |
| Hindu | 13 | 680 | 1.73% |
| Jewish | 14 | 122 | 0.31% |
| Sikh | 15 | 383 | 0.97% |
| Buddhist | 16 | 145 | 0.37% |
| Other | 97 | 367 | 0.93% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 38630 | 91.61% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| don't know | -1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Church of England/Anglican | 2 | 39 | 0.09% |
| Roman Catholic | 3 | 88 | 0.21% |
| Church of Scotland | 4 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Free Church or Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland | 5 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Episcopalian | 6 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Methodist | 7 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Baptist | 8 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Congregational/United Reform/URC | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Other Christian | 10 | 23 | 0.05% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 60 | 0.14% |
| Muslim/Islam | 12 | 285 | 0.68% |
| Hindu | 13 | 111 | 0.26% |
| Jewish | 14 | 12 | 0.03% |
| Sikh | 15 | 38 | 0.09% |
| Buddhist | 16 | 11 | 0.03% |
| The Church of Wales | 17 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Other | 97 | 18 | 0.04% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 38231 | 84.6% |
| proxy | -7 | 3324 | 7.36% |
| refusal | -2 | 5 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 10 | 0.02% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 177 | 0.39% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 537 | 1.19% |
| episcopalian | 6 | 3 | 0.01% |
| methodist | 7 | 4 | 0.01% |
| baptist | 8 | 25 | 0.06% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 42 | 0.09% |
| other christian | 10 | 16 | 0.04% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 289 | 0.64% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 544 | 1.2% |
| hindu | 13 | 1415 | 3.13% |
| jewish | 14 | 308 | 0.68% |
| sikh | 15 | 21 | 0.05% |
| buddhist | 16 | 185 | 0.41% |
| other | 97 | 55 | 0.12% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 40754 | 90.89% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 16 | 0.04% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 23 | 0.05% |
| methodist | 7 | 1 | 0.0% |
| baptist | 8 | 1 | 0.0% |
| other christian | 10 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 17 | 0.04% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 122 | 0.27% |
| hindu | 13 | 19 | 0.04% |
| jewish | 14 | 1 | 0.0% |
| sikh | 15 | 14 | 0.03% |
| buddhist | 16 | 2 | 0.0% |
| other | 97 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 22054 | 46.85% |
| proxy | -7 | 3935 | 8.36% |
| refusal | -2 | 7 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 9020 | 19.16% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 3155 | 6.7% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 952 | 2.02% |
| free church or free presbyterian church of scotland | 5 | 98 | 0.21% |
| episcopalian | 6 | 46 | 0.1% |
| methodist | 7 | 724 | 1.54% |
| baptist | 8 | 320 | 0.68% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 115 | 0.24% |
| other christian | 10 | 919 | 1.95% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 1588 | 3.37% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 2433 | 5.17% |
| hindu | 13 | 628 | 1.33% |
| jewish | 14 | 113 | 0.24% |
| sikh | 15 | 345 | 0.73% |
| buddhist | 16 | 156 | 0.33% |
| other | 97 | 465 | 0.99% |
| Total | 47074 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 45434 | 91.43% |
| proxy | -7 | 3830 | 7.71% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 36 | 0.07% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 30 | 0.06% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 1 | 0.0% |
| episcopalian | 6 | 1 | 0.0% |
| methodist | 7 | 4 | 0.01% |
| baptist | 8 | 5 | 0.01% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 2 | 0.0% |
| other christian | 10 | 21 | 0.04% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 25 | 0.05% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 228 | 0.46% |
| hindu | 13 | 37 | 0.07% |
| sikh | 15 | 32 | 0.06% |
| buddhist | 16 | 4 | 0.01% |
| other | 97 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Total | 49692 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 49965 | 91.56% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 56 | 0.1% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 70 | 0.13% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 1 | 0.0% |
| episcopalian | 6 | 1 | 0.0% |
| methodist | 7 | 8 | 0.01% |
| baptist | 8 | 3 | 0.01% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| other christian | 10 | 38 | 0.07% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 53 | 0.1% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 352 | 0.65% |
| hindu | 13 | 86 | 0.16% |
| jewish | 14 | 2 | 0.0% |
| sikh | 15 | 31 | 0.06% |
| buddhist | 16 | 11 | 0.02% |
| other | 97 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 22418 | 43.96% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 4 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.01% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 9841 | 19.3% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 4071 | 7.98% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 901 | 1.77% |
| free church or free presbyterian church of scotland | 5 | 135 | 0.26% |
| episcopalian | 6 | 42 | 0.08% |
| methodist | 7 | 845 | 1.66% |
| baptist | 8 | 397 | 0.78% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 108 | 0.21% |
| other christian | 10 | 973 | 1.91% |
| Christian (no specific denomination) | 11 | 1829 | 3.59% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 3776 | 7.4% |
| hindu | 13 | 977 | 1.92% |
| jewish | 14 | 154 | 0.3% |
| sikh | 15 | 477 | 0.94% |
| buddhist | 16 | 216 | 0.42% |
| other | 97 | 562 | 1.1% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 7743 | 53.7% |
| proxy | -7 | 965 | 6.69% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 2622 | 18.18% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 884 | 6.13% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 665 | 4.61% |
| free church or free presbyterian church of scotland | 5 | 47 | 0.33% |
| episcopalian | 6 | 20 | 0.14% |
| methodist | 7 | 232 | 1.61% |
| baptist | 8 | 86 | 0.6% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 46 | 0.32% |
| other christian | 10 | 186 | 1.29% |
| christian (no denomination specified) | 11 | 574 | 3.98% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 100 | 0.69% |
| hindu | 13 | 38 | 0.26% |
| jewish | 14 | 46 | 0.32% |
| sikh | 15 | 34 | 0.24% |
| other | 97 | 131 | 0.91% |
| Total | 14419 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.01% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 5919 | 37.48% |
| proxy | -7 | 1014 | 6.42% |
| refusal | -2 | 8 | 0.05% |
| don't know | -1 | 12 | 0.08% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 2921 | 18.5% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 1938 | 12.27% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 827 | 5.24% |
| free church or free presbyterian church of scotland | 5 | 51 | 0.32% |
| episcopalian | 6 | 24 | 0.15% |
| methodist | 7 | 384 | 2.43% |
| baptist | 8 | 164 | 1.04% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 62 | 0.39% |
| other christian | 10 | 221 | 1.4% |
| christian (no denomination specified) | 11 | 520 | 3.29% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 91 | 0.58% |
| hindu | 13 | 39 | 0.25% |
| jewish | 14 | 43 | 0.27% |
| sikh | 15 | 35 | 0.22% |
| other | 97 | 1517 | 9.61% |
| Total | 15791 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 5 | 0.03% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 14921 | 79.09% |
| proxy | -7 | 801 | 4.25% |
| refusal | -2 | 31 | 0.16% |
| free presbyterian (ni) | 22 | 28 | 0.15% |
| bretheren (ni) | 23 | 12 | 0.06% |
| protestant n.e.s. (ni) | 24 | 144 | 0.76% |
| other christian (ni) | 25 | 101 | 0.54% |
| jewish (ni) | 26 | 1 | 0.01% |
| other non-christian (ni) | 27 | 18 | 0.1% |
| other | 97 | 2805 | 14.87% |
| Total | 18867 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 18 | 0.12% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 6592 | 42.19% |
| proxy | -7 | 435 | 2.78% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 3999 | 25.6% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 1366 | 8.74% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 1229 | 7.87% |
| free church or free presbyterian church of scotland | 5 | 96 | 0.61% |
| episcopalian | 6 | 32 | 0.2% |
| methodist | 7 | 409 | 2.62% |
| baptist | 8 | 173 | 1.11% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 89 | 0.57% |
| other christian | 10 | 181 | 1.16% |
| christian (no denomination specified) | 11 | 501 | 3.21% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 103 | 0.66% |
| hindu | 13 | 34 | 0.22% |
| jewish | 14 | 41 | 0.26% |
| sikh | 15 | 42 | 0.27% |
| other | 97 | 283 | 1.81% |
| Total | 15623 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 5 | 0.04% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 4665 | 41.68% |
| proxy | -7 | 365 | 3.26% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.01% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 3468 | 30.98% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 993 | 8.87% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 463 | 4.14% |
| methodist | 7 | 311 | 2.78% |
| baptist | 8 | 100 | 0.89% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 68 | 0.61% |
| other christian | 10 | 214 | 1.91% |
| christian (no denomination specified) | 11 | 235 | 2.1% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 98 | 0.88% |
| hindu | 13 | 40 | 0.36% |
| jewish | 14 | 41 | 0.37% |
| sikh | 15 | 41 | 0.37% |
| other | 97 | 85 | 0.76% |
| Total | 11193 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 10 | 0.1% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 3793 | 36.95% |
| proxy | -7 | 352 | 3.43% |
| refusal | -2 | 4 | 0.04% |
| church of england/anglican | 2 | 3546 | 34.55% |
| roman catholic | 3 | 907 | 8.84% |
| church of scotland | 4 | 412 | 4.01% |
| methodist | 7 | 340 | 3.31% |
| baptist | 8 | 97 | 0.95% |
| congregational/united reform/urc | 9 | 55 | 0.54% |
| other christian | 10 | 242 | 2.36% |
| christian (no denomination specified) | 11 | 253 | 2.46% |
| muslim/islam | 12 | 84 | 0.82% |
| hindu | 13 | 37 | 0.36% |
| jewish | 14 | 31 | 0.3% |
| sikh | 15 | 38 | 0.37% |
| other | 97 | 63 | 0.61% |
| Total | 10264 | 100.0% |
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