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- From: jf@threel.co.uk (John Fisher)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Religion in UK and US
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 14:16:56 GMT
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- Social and Community Planning Research, a non-profitmaking
- institute, has just published it four-yearly British Social
- Attitudes Survey. I thought people might be interested in
- the following figures from it, which were printed in the
- Guardian today. The survey work was done in 1991.
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- Britain US
- %age who believe in:
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- God 69 94
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- That God is concerned personally
- with people 37 77
-
- Life after death 55 78
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- Heaven 54 86
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- Hell 28 71
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- The Devil 28 47
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- That the Bible is the actual or the
- inspired word of God 44 83
-
- %age who:
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- Are affiliated with a denomination 64 93
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- Attend a service > 2 times monthly 16 43
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- Have had an intense religious experience 28 33
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- I think I may lash out and buy this book, even though it
- costs 19.95 pounds :-( One of two other bits and pieces:
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- %age agreeing
- 1983 1990
- "The law should allow an abortion if a couple
- agree that they do not wish to have the child" 46 62
-
- "The law should allow an abortion if the woman
- decides on her own that she does not wish to
- have the child" 38 56
-
- "Neither Russia nor America is a threat to peace" 5 28
-
- "Having our own nuclear deterrent makes Britain
- a safer place to live" 61 54
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- Support membership of the European Community 48 76
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- "Racial prejudice in Britain is now worse than
- in the past" 43 23
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- "There is a lot of prejudice against blacks" 50 50
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- What should be done about the economy?
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- Cuts in interest rates 90
- Government job-creating projects 84
- Controls on credit and hire-purchase 81
- Govt. incentives for job-sharing 70
- Cutting down on foreign goods 67
- Price controls 60
- Increasing subsidies for private industry 58
- Cuts in defence spending 55
- Wage controls 33
- Reducing health & education spending 7
-
- --John
-