Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Youth Research Council Survey of Young People's Religion and Lifestyles, 1957

Variable Details

VariableRelig_wr
LabelWritten-in response where R identified as non-conformist, other, or gave another
Responses
"Divine Rights" 1
"Me" 1
99 4976
Adventist 1
Agnostic 8
Also attend Baptist [Church] 1
Anglican 3
Anglo-Catholic 2
Apostolic 1
Atheist 8
Attend a C. of E. chapel at school but do not go to Church at home. 1
Awaiting instruction to become RC 1
Baha'i 1
Baptised C of E 1
Baptist 78
Baptist [but] Nothing 1
Baptist. Was formerly C of E i.e. convert 1
Becoming RC 1
Becoming a Catholic 1
Believed in all religions 1
Bible Christian 1
Brethren 1
Brought up RC 1
But am frightened to go to church because am stranger in the area 1
But attended Metro Church 1
But does not believe in it 1
But have been going to Christadelphian Church lately 1
C [of] E 2
C o[f] E 1
C of E 2
Catholic convert 1
Chapel 4
Christadelphian 7
Christened C of E 2
Christened Catholic, not practising 1
Christened RC 1
Christened [RC] 1
Christened in C of E but I prefer Methodist [Church] 1
Christian 43
Christian - no particular denomination 1
Christian I suppose 1
Christian Orthodox [Greek] 1
Christian Science 2
Christian Science. Also attend Methodist 1
Christian Scientist 1
Christian [coder originally coded as 'none', then 'other religion'] 1
Christian [coder subsequently coded them as Church of England] 3
Christian. C of E on official forms 1
Christian. No specific denomination. I go to the University church 1
Christian. Thinking of try[ing] Jewish religion 1
Christianity 1
Church 1
Church of Christ 1
Church of England but goes to Catholic school 1
Church of England but often go [to] Methodist Church 1
Church of Ireland 2
Church of Scotland 9
City Mission 1
Congregational 31
Congregational Church 2
Congregational. [But] don't believe in any sect. 1
Congregationalist 21
Congregationalist (convert) 1
Convert 1
Convert from C of E 1
Convert to RC 1
Deist [coder originally coded as 'other religion'] 1
Does not believe 1
Don't [k]no[w] 1
Don't [k]now 1
Don't get to church 1
Don't know 19
Don't want to ans[wer] any more [questions] 1
Don’t [k]no[w] 1
Elim 1
Evangelical 1
Evangelical Church 1
Evangelical Free Church 1
Evangelist 4
Evangelist convert 1
FIEC [Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches - coalition of Bible-based independent churches] 1
Father R.C.[,] christened C of E 1
Foreign Protestant religion 1
Free Church 3
Freethinker 1
Go Catholic Church (very seldom) 1
Go to various Christian churches 1
Goes to Catholic church 1
Goes to Chapel but C of E 1
Gospel 1
Greek Orthodox 2
Gwendolyn Newton [SM: self as religion or simple mistake?] 1
Had better say hedonism 1
Half of each [Respondent ringed both Church of England and Roman Catholic. Coder assigned respondent to Roman Catholic category; both parents RC] 1
Hervormd[e Kerk] [probably Dutch Reformed, perhaps South African] 1
High Church 1
Hindu 3
I ain't seen a church for years. Put me down as C of E. 1
I am Church of England but go to a Roman Catholic Church 1
I go to a Methodist church sometimes because it is more friendly 1
I go to any Chapel 1
I suppose 2
I suppose I am 1
I suppose [arrow to 'none'] 1
I suppose you'd call me C of E. Tried most of them except Catholic 1
I think it is a good thing to have a religion, but so far have failed to find any religion which I consider perfect 1
I was christened Roman Catholic but I went to a Church of England school 1
I wouldn't know 1
I'm an atheist 1
Independent 1
Jehovah's Witness 7
Jewish 53
Just a Christian 1
Just being a Christian 1
Just ordinary! 1
Lapsed 2
Leaning towards Catholicism 1
Liberal agnostic 1
London City Mission [SM: the City Missions are at least nominally multidenominational] 1
Lutheran [German Church] 1
Methodist 257
Methodist now 1
Methodist. Born Church of England 1
Methodist. Christened C of E 1
Methodist. Previously C of E 1
Methodist. Turning Roman Catholic 1
Methodist. Used to be C of E 1
Mohammedan [Muslim] 1
Moravian 1
Mormon 1
Moslem [coder annotated: lapsed [C of E?]] 1
Mother C of E 1
Muslim 1
Negligible 1
Never goes 1
New Church. Convert from C of E [SM: assume this is Swedenborgianism] 1
Nil 1
No answer 2
No religion 1
Non-churchgoer 1
None 3
Not Catholic! 1
Not [illegible] 1
Not baptised 1
Not christened 1
Not practising member 1
Not sure 2
Nothing 2
Nothing at the moment - I'm thinking 1
Nothing definite 1
Nothing more to add 1
Now Baptist. Was RC 1
Nowhere - don't go to church 1
Orthodox 3
Orthodox Christian 1
Pantheist 1
Pentecostal 3
Plymouth Brethren 5
Plymouth [Brethren?] 1
Presbyterian 16
Pro-Catholic 1
Protestant 33
Protestant - the ordinary kind 1
Protestant [original coder subsequently identified respondent as Church of England] 3
Protestant. Not a Catholic 1
Quaker 1
Quayside Mission (Baptist) [SM: The Quayside Mission was a multidenominational venture - a Hall and Rescue Home demolished in the 1970s] 1
RC 3
Salvation Army 12
Salvationist 1
Salvationist [Salvation Army] 1
Scottish Presbyterian. I suppose: local church 1
Seventh Day Adventist 3
Sikh 1
Spiritualist 4
Studying Roman Catholicism 1
Supposed to be 1
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2
The normal church. Don't know what it's called. 1
Thinking to be RC 1
Thinks C of E. Don't know 1
Tries to find out about religion 1
Trying to be a good girl 1
Uncertain 1
Under instruction for Roman Catholic [Church] 1
Under instruction to become Catholic 2
Unitarian 3
Used to be Methodist 1
Used to go to Baptist [original coder coded as Nonconformist] 1
Used to go to a church 1
Visits several denominations 1
Was baptised Catholic, brought up Methodist, and has chosen her present religion 1
Welsh Baptist 1
Wesleyan 6
Wesleyan Methodist 1
Wesleyan Ref. 1
What do you mean? Well, Church of England 1
YMCA 1
YMCA Chapel 1
[But] I'm not a churchgoer 1
[But] family is C of E 1
[But] taking instruction to be R.C. 1
[Coder subsequently identified respondent as Church of England] 1
[Coder thinks otherwise because parents Church of England] 1
[Illegible - ANGLICAN added by ACEWS] 1
[Illegible - possibly 'Christ'] 1
[Illegible text written in 'Nonconformist' box. Coder subsequently identified respondent as C of E] 1
[Illegible. Possibly 'Don't know denomination'] 1
[Illegible] 2
[Interviewer note: refused to continue] 1
[Interviewer's note: This person did not appear to have any idea really what religion she was] 1
[Not completed. Coder annotated 'treat as C of E'] 1
[R. did not respond. Church of England identified by coder] 1
[Relating to the questions on belief] I would prefer not to answer as I only believe what I have been brought up to believe 1
[Respondent had apparently chosen 'RC' but the coder checked against parents' religion and respondent's practice and allocated the respondent to 'none', annotating original choice with 'nonsense'] 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYouth Research Council Survey of Young People's Religion and Lifestyles, 1957