Data files for download
Working Draft Reports and Data related to the 'Singleness in the UK church' survey. The Working Draft Reports were used to create the research results written on the website. If there are any small editorial differences, then the website should be considered the primary source.
The Data files consist of the summary of the answers to questions, together with all the 9,500 comments.
Readers reviewing the data should also read how they were analysed in Methodology section.
Readers are free to re-use the data in these reports and from the website provided proper citation is made of them: Pullinger, DJ, 2014, Singleness in the UK Church, www.singlefriendlychurch.com
Files available for downloading:
- A summary of the quantitative answers to the questions in the survey (383 KB, PDF) DATA Survey numbers summarised
- Significant differences by Denomination (191 KB, PDF)
- Significant differences by Type of Church (223 KB, PDF)
- Significant differences by Age only (283 KB, PDF)
- Significant differences by Gender-Age (317 KB, PDF)
-
Being single, I enjoy...
Working Draft Report (146 KB, PDF) / Data (390 KB, PDF) -
Positives of being a Christian and single
Working Draft Report (101 KB, PDF) / Data (754 KB, PDF) -
Feeling part of the church
Working Draft Report (183 KB, PDF) / Data (447 KB, PDF) -
Church leaders good for singles
Working Draft Report (55KB, PDF) / Data (301 KB, PDF) -
Churches that are good places for single adults
Working Draft Report (129 KB, PDF) / Data (444 KB, PDF) -
Discussed singleness with church leader
Working Draft Report (67 KB, PDF) / Data (310 KB, PDF) -
Gender imbalance in church
Working Draft Report (158 KB, PDF) / Data (369 KB, PDF) -
Marrying a non-Christian
Working Draft Report (128 KB, PDF) / Data (235 KB, PDF) -
Have you heard your leader teach you should marry another Christian
Working Draft Report (36 KB, PDF) / Data (253 KB, PDF) -
Sex before marriage
Working Draft Report (148 KB, PDF) / Data (161 KB, PDF) -
Use of Christian dating site
Working Draft Report (155 KB, PDF) / Data (307 KB, PDF)
For completeness, these are the Data files for other questions, the contents of which have been included elsewhere or which have been analysed for future surveys:
- Church teaching on sex a deterrent Data (254 KB, PDF)
- Reasons for not attending church Data (124 KB, PDF)
- If you don't attend church what would encourage you to do so Data (109 KB, PDF)
- What respondents thought of the survey Data (156 KB, PDF)
- Length of time to complete the survey Data (20 KB, PDF)
If you need further information, would like to get in touch with a spokesperson or have a general query, contact us.