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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003

Variable Details

Variableamrelg00
LabelS1 MAIN Religion
Question text Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion? IF YES: Which?
Responses
1 No religion 7692
2 Christian, no denomination 1228
3 Roman Catholic 1627
4 Church of England/Ireland/Anglican/Episcopal 2817
5 United Reformed Church (URC)/Congregational 30
6 Baptist 85
7 Methodist 129
8 Presbyterian/Church of Scotland 513
9 Free Presbyterian 5
10 Other Christian 0
11 Hindu 292
12 Jew 45
13 Muslim/Islam 1684
14 Sikh 159
15 Buddhist 37
16 Other non Christian 0
51 Other Christian Churches - Independent (FIEC affiliated and 35
52 Other Christian Churches - African/West Indian (New Testamen 10
53 Pentecostal/Holiness (Assemblies of God/ Elim Pentecostal Ch 53
54 Salvation Army 6
55 Other Protestant Churches (Lutheran Council of Britain/ Evan 11
56 Orthodox (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira/and Great 15
57 Church of Wales 7
58 Mormon 18
59 Jehovah s Witness 42
60 Spiritualist 11
84 Other Christian (not codeable 1-16,51-60) 7
85 Other non-Christian (not codeable 1-16,51-60) 27
86 Irrelevant response 0
-9 Refusal 5
-8 Don't Know 8
-1 Not applicable 1954
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationMillennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003
UniverseThe sample population for MCS was drawn from all live births in the United Kingdom over 12 months (from 1 September 2000 in England and Wales and for 59 weeks from 22 November 2000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland).;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort<br><br>Four waves have been conducted to date: MCS1 (age 9 months), MCS2 (age 3 years), MCS3 (age 5 years) and MCS4 (age 7 years).<br><br>The population of eligible live births was selected from a random sample of electoral wards, disproportionately stratified to ensure adequate representation of all four UK countries, deprived areas and those with high concentrations of black and Asian families. See documentation for further details.
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