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  Religous Observance III, ISSP, Republic of Ireland, 2008

Year: 2008
Module: Religious_Observance
Variable: V33


Question:
Please tick one box below to show which statement comes closest to expressing what you believe about God.


Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages.
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
I don't believe in God 5
I don't know whether there is a God and I don't beleive there is any way to find out 5
I d on't believe in a personal God, but I do believe in a Higher Power of some kind 10
I find myself believing in God some of the time, but not at others 14
While I have doubts, feel that I do believe in God 23
I know God really exists and have no doubts about it 43
Do not know 1



Results for men and women
%
  Male Female
I don't believe in God 7 3
I don't know whether there is a God and I don't beleive there is any way to find out 6 4
I d on't believe in a personal God, but I do believe in a Higher Power of some kind 10 9
I find myself believing in God some of the time, but not at others 14 13
While I have doubts, feel that I do believe in God 23 23
I know God really exists and have no doubts about it 39 47
Do not know 0 1


Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
  18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
I don't believe in God 7 7 5 2 5 3
I don't know whether there is a God and I don't beleive there is any way to find out 9 7 5 3 5 1
I d on't believe in a personal God, but I do believe in a Higher Power of some kind 10 14 11 11 5 4
I find myself believing in God some of the time, but not at others 20 16 14 16 9 5
While I have doubts, feel that I do believe in God 25 25 25 23 22 17
I know God really exists and have no doubts about it 29 30 40 45 55 70
Do not know 1 1 0 1 0 0


Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
  Catholic Protestant No religion
I don't believe in God 3 * 33
I don't know whether there is a God and I don't beleive there is any way to find out 4 * 17
I d on't believe in a personal God, but I do believe in a Higher Power of some kind 9 * 15
I find myself believing in God some of the time, but not at others 13 * 16
While I have doubts, feel that I do believe in God 24 * 11
I know God really exists and have no doubts about it 46 * 7
Do not know 1 0 1
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.


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