Social Security Experience Panels - panel members: full report - 2020 update
This report provides demographic information about the Social Security Experience Panels. It also summarises feedback from panel members about their experiences of being a member of the panels and how this could be improved.
Religion and Belief
New panel members
We asked new panel members about their religion and beliefs.[14] 317 people responded in this question.
54 per cent of respondents said that they had no religion. 15 per cent said that they were Church of Scotland, and 13 per cent said they were Roman Catholic. 5 per cent prefered not to say.
| Number of respondents | % respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| None | 170 | 54% |
| Church of Scotland | 47 | 15% |
| Roman Catholic | 40 | 13% |
| Other Christian | 26 | 8% |
| Muslim | <10 | 1% |
| Pagan | <10 | 1% |
| Another religion or belief group | 12 | 4% |
| Prefer not to say | 16 | 5% |
All panel members
Across a number of different ‘About You’ surveys we have asked Experience Panel members about their religion and beliefs. Responses from 923 panel members are available to be presented in Table 6.[15]
52 per cent of respondents said that they had no religion. 15 per cent said that they were Church of Scotland, and 12 per cent said they were Roman Catholic. 3 per cent prefered not to say.
| Number of respondents | % respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| None | 484 | 52% |
| Church of Scotland | 140 | 15% |
| Roman Catholic | 114 | 12% |
| Other Christian | 85 | 9% |
| Pagan | 25 | 3% |
| Muslim | <10 | 1% |
| Buddhist | <10 | 1% |
| Jewish | <10 | 0% |
| Another religion or belief group | 29 | 3% |
| Prefer not to say | 29 | 3% |
Compared to available responses from the 2018 findings, panel membership by religion and belief has stayed proportionately similar.
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