UK: More on the British Social Attitudes study

UK: More on the British Social Attitudes study


Via LibertyPhile, data and analysis of the recent British Social Attitudes study. LibertyPhile also has an analysis of the Gallup Coexist Study 2009: Gallup Coexist Study 2009 – The Headlines You Didn’t See!


It's interesting to note, in the question below, that Muslims and "Deeply religious" have very similar scores. Those are the only two groups towards which more people feel 'cool' than 'warm'. The difference being -2 for 'deeply religious' and -11 for Muslims.


What the British think of religion and Muslims




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(3) What people think of Muslims


Q. I’d like to get your feelings towards a number of different ethnic and religious groups.


I’ll read the name of a group and I’d like you to rate that group using something we call the feeling thermometer. Ratings between 50 degrees and 100 degrees mean that you feel favourable and warm toward the group.


Ratings between 0 degrees and 50 degrees mean that you don’t feel favourable and don’t care too much for that group. You would rate the group at the 50-degree mark if you don’t feel particularly warm or cold towards the group. Feel free to use the entire extent of the scale. [Source Table 4.13 – p79]


Feelings towards different religious groups in Britain - % Who rate:


Religious group Cool (0-49) Neutral (50) Warm (51-100)

No religion: Cool - 8; Neutral - 49; Warm - 40 [ + 32 ]

Protestants: Cool - 6; Neutral - 44; Warm - 47 [ +41 ]

Catholics: Cool - 9; Neutral - 43; Warm - 45 [ +36 ]

Jews: Cool - 13; Neutral - 47; Warm - 36 [ +23 ]

Buddhists: Cool - 15; Neutral - 45; Warm - 35 [ +20 ]

Deeply religious: Cool - 29; Neutral - 41; Warm - 27 [ -2 ]

Muslims: Cool - 34; Neutral - 40; Warm - 23 [ -11 ]

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See also: UK: Islam seen as threat to social cohesion