Tags: Statistics
Majority of Europeans favour separation of church and state, but Islam has an uphill battle for acceptance in Germany
Posted: Thu, 02 May 2013
A major new study of attitudes towards religion around the world has been conducted by the Bertelsmann Foundation – and finds that the majority of people in all the 13 nations surveyed favour a clear separation between religion and the state. Read More »
Poll shows we’d ask ‘deceased loved ones’ for advice before we’d ask a clergyperson
Posted: Thu, 18 Apr 2013
A Yougov poll commissioned for this week's Westminster Faith Debate has revealed the lack of extent to which people turn to religious leaders for "moral guidance". Read More »
Scots are abandoning their religion
Posted: Tue, 16 Apr 2013
Scotland, once one of the more pious parts of the British Isles, is rapidly becoming secularised according to a poll commissioned for the Sunday Times and Real Radio Scotland. Read More »
Majority oppose ritual slaughter of animals
Posted: Thu, 04 Apr 2013
A new Yougov poll for the Jewish Chronicle shows a majority back a ban on religious slaughter. 45% of respondents supported a ban, 27% were against and 28% said they didn't know. Read More »
New research shows dwindling support for religion in Britain
Posted: Tue, 02 Apr 2013
A Sunday Times commissioned YouGov poll among 1,918 Britons has revealed dwindling support for religion in Britain Read More »
New poll shows religious leaders out of step with the nation
Posted: Mon, 18 Mar 2013
A new Yougov poll for the Sunday Times finds that the nation is split down the middle on the issue of whether it is appropriate for clergypeople to get involved in politics. Read More »
Poll shows widespread European indifference to the reign of Ratzinger
Posted: Fri, 01 Mar 2013
Most people think that Pope Benedict XVI – who ceased to be head of the Catholic Church yesterday – and his leading Catholic bishops have not been influential in their societies. Read More »
Surveys reveal attitudes to religious symbols at work
Posted: Tue, 26 Feb 2013
YouGov has been conducting surveys on public attitudes to the wearing of religious clothing and symbols in the workplace. The polls were taken in the light of the four cases recently heard in the European Court of Human Rights. Read More »
Marie Curie ComRes poll shows 37% have no religion
Posted: Wed, 20 Feb 2013
A ComRes poll for Marie Curie Cancer Care is the latest to ask people about their religious affiliations. Of the 2,601 questioned, 53% said they were Christian, 37% said they had no religion, 8% were other religions and 2% did not say. Read More »
New survey reveals that most religious people are not anti abortion (not even Catholics)
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2013
A new YouGov survey commissioned for the Westminster Faith Debates finds only 14% of Catholics in this country are in favour of a ban on abortion. 43% of people who identify with a religion are in favour of keeping or raising the current 24 week limit Read More »
Majority want secular state schooling – while RE declines
Posted: Wed, 30 Jan 2013
The majority of British people want state-funded schools to be secular, a recent YouGov poll has revealed. Read More »
Only 7% think being Christian is important for being British
Posted: Wed, 23 Jan 2013
A new report from the think tank British Future has found that just 7% of Britons agree that being Christian is an important attribute for being British. Read More »
Even fewer identify as Christian in latest opinion poll
Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2013
35% of people do not consider themselves to be a member of any religion according to a new opinion poll commissioned by Lord Ashcroft as part of his regular series of polls on political issues. Read More »
Increase in proportion of non-religious in armed forces
Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2012
Members of the UK's armed forces are still more inclined to claim a religious affiliation and to say they are Christian than the population as a whole, but the situation is changing fairly rapidly. Read More »
Most Europeans favour legalising assisted dying
Posted: Wed, 12 Dec 2012
The Swiss Medical Lawyers Association has conducted a Europe-wide poll to discover attitudes to assisted dying. The results show that there is widespread and strong support for legalising it. Read More »
Census shows huge drop in number of Christians in England and Wales
Posted: Tue, 11 Dec 2012
Findings from the 2011 census for England and Wales have revealed the number of people who say they are Christian has dropped dramatically from 72% to 59%. The figures published today by the Office for National Statistics also show the number of people who say they have no religion has risen from 15% to 25%. Read More »
German poll indicates a widespread fear of Muslims and Islam
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2012
The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has commissioned an opinion poll to find out what Germans think about Muslims. Generally, the results are regarded as "catastrophic". Read More »
More people may believe in an afterlife than believe in God
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2012
Almost half – 49 per cent – of those surveyed earlier this year by the Institute of Education, University of London believe that there is 'definitely' or 'probably' life after death. Read More »
Poll shows Turks want secularism
Posted: Wed, 28 Nov 2012
An overwhelming majority of Turkish people want secularism to be included in the country's new charter, a recent survey conducted by KONDA for the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) has revealed. Read More »
Tower Hamlets council approves £2 million funding to faith groups
Posted: Fri, 23 Nov 2012
The mayor of one of Britain's poorest boroughs is providing £2 million of funding to religious groups to help improve places of worship. Read More »
