Religious Observance Resources

Questions on Religious Observance were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey in 1998, 2004 and 2008.
In 1998 and 2008, these questions were asked as part of the International Social Survey Programme.
In 2008, the questions were extended, as part of a Norface-funded project.

ARK Resources

• Assisted Dying: who decides (Policy Brief 37) by Danielle McIlroy uses data from the 2024 NI Life and Times survey.
• Attitudes towards Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People in Northern Ireland (Research Update 66) by Neil Jarman uses NILT data from 2001.
• Vacant Seats and Empty Pews (Research Update 65) by Bernadette C Hayes and Lizanne Dowds, uses data from the 2008 Life and Times Survey. This data was collected as part of the 2008 International Social Survey Programme.
• Religion in Ireland: No longer an exception? (Research Update 64) by Máire Nic Ghiolla Phádraig, looks at religion in the Republic of Ireland, based on data collected as part of the 2008 International Social Survey Programme.
• Driven to disaffection: Religious Independents in Northern Ireland (Research Update 41) by Ian McAllister, uses data from the 1998-2004 Life and Times Survey, as well as 1998 and 2003 Election Surveys
• The Church of Ireland in Northern Ireland: A decade of change? (Research Update 23) by James Mehaffey
• Catholics in Northern Ireland: Ambivalence Rules? (Research Update 22) by Brian Lennon
• Presbyterians in Northern Ireland: Living in a Society in Transition (Research Update 21) by Duncan Morrow
• SOL (Surveys Online) contains tables of results from the Republic of Ireland and from British Social Attitudes Survey for this module.

Links

• The Association of Religion Data Archives provides data and resources relating to religion in the United States, and more globally.

Maintained by Paula Devine