SOL:Religious Observance, Republic of Ireland, 2008: V74

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Religous Observance III, ISSP, Republic of Ireland, 2008

Year: 2008
Module: Religious_Observance
Variable: V74

Question: There are many different ways of picturing God. We'd like to know the kinds of images you are most likely to associate with God.
Below are sets of contrasting images. On a scale of 1-7 where would you place your images of God between the two contrasting images?); insert into questions values (
The first set of contrasting images shows Mother at 1 on the scale and Father at 7. If you imagine God as a Mother, you would place yourself at 1. If you imagine God as a Father, you would place yourself at 7. If you imagine God as somewhere between Mother and Father, you would place yourself at 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
Where would you place your image of God on the scale for each set of images?

Index to tables on this page

% of men and women
% of people of different ages.
% of people of different religions.

Overall Results	%
Mother, 1	2
2	7
3	9
4	31
5	15
6	20
Father, 7	16

Table Index

Results for men and women	%
	Male	Female
Mother, 1	2	3
2	6	9
3	8	10
4	36	26
5	16	13
6	19	22
Father, 7	14	18

Table Index

Results for people of different ages	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Mother, 1	1	2	2	5	2	2
2	10	7	9	8	5	4
3	14	9	8	8	9	7
4	36	30	32	31	30	27
5	12	16	16	13	14	17
6	17	20	20	21	20	23
Father, 7	11	17	14	14	20	20

Table Index

Results for people of different religions	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Mother, 1	2	*	1
2	7	*	9
3	9	*	10
4	28	*	59
5	15	*	11
6	22	*	4
Father, 7	16	*	7

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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