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  Religous Observance III, ISSP, Republic of Ireland, 2008

Year: 2008
Module: Religious_Observance
Variable: V77

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 friend at 1 on the scale and king at 7. If you imagine God as a friend, you would place yourself at 1. If you imagine God as a king, you would place yourself at 7. If you imagine God as somewhere between friend and king, 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

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

Overall Results %
Friend, 111
218
316
435
58
67
King, 75


Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Friend, 1 8 13
2 16 21
3 16 16
4 41 29
5 8 9
6 7 7
King, 7 5 5

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Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Friend, 1 4 10 9 12 15 16
2 26 17 19 17 17 16
3 20 15 16 18 14 13
4 36 42 30 33 35 32
5 6 10 10 7 8 8
6 6 5 10 10 7 6
King, 7 2 3 7 5 5 10

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Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Friend, 1 11 * 5
2 19 * 11
3 16 * 17
4 33 * 56
5 8 * 7
6 8 * 4
King, 7 5 * 0
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

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