One important theory which needs to be considered before analysing the 2011 census data is that of individualism. Society within Britain today is identified as being a “fluid and diverse social environment”, in which we are free to choose our own identify and moral code, thus not being restricted due to inherited beliefs or reinforced social interactions. This can be seen to have held an adverse effect upon elements such as religious attachment, as supported by the 2011 census data. Substantial change has occurred, with a marked decline in the proportion of those who classify themselves as being religious, evidence has detonated that within the time cohort of 1983 around 68% of the population belonged to a religion, falling to only 67.7%
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In particular with regards to the specific data of the 2011 census, age effects has held a dramatic effect upon the religiosity of Britain, original research follows the assumption that as people age they tend to become more religious, this in part is correct as identified within the data, religious change and age tends to be reduce by a decline of age cohorts following the adolescent years but then increases again as people enter the later stages of their lives. 65% of the younger generation have identified with not belonging to any religion, this has seen a 10% decline in the religiosity of the young within the past 10years. this has sparked concerns as to whether this is an adverse effect of society within Britain today and the changing shift of attitudes towards the traditional role of religion, It is important to formulate an understanding however as to why the data reads this way, and a logical conclusion one in which has been proving by numerous social surveys is the element of parental bias, i.e. religious characteristics tend to be inherited from parents, and resultantly within the lower age range groups there is a higher mode of religiosity. Religiosity of young people within the UK is “artificially inflated” via the parents from a generation that was more religious. Statistics demonstrates that only 9.4% of children hold religious affiliation if neither parents has the characteristic of religion, this is compared to 30.3% if one parent has the characteristic, and 54.8% if
In particular with regards to the specific data of the 2011 census, age effects has held a dramatic effect upon the religiosity of Britain, original research follows the assumption that as people age they tend to become more religious, this in part is correct as identified within the data, religious change and age tends to be reduce by a decline of age cohorts following the adolescent years but then increases again as people enter the later stages of their lives. 65% of the younger generation have identified with not belonging to any religion, this has seen a 10% decline in the religiosity of the young within the past 10years. this has sparked concerns as to whether this is an adverse effect of society within Britain today and the changing shift of attitudes towards the traditional role of religion, It is important to formulate an understanding however as to why the data reads this way, and a logical conclusion one in which has been proving by numerous social surveys is the element of parental bias, i.e. religious characteristics tend to be inherited from parents, and resultantly within the lower age range groups there is a higher mode of religiosity. Religiosity of young people within the UK is “artificially inflated” via the parents from a generation that was more religious. Statistics demonstrates that only 9.4% of children hold religious affiliation if neither parents has the characteristic of religion, this is compared to 30.3% if one parent has the characteristic, and 54.8% if