Twenty-First Century Evangelicals, 2010-2016: Special Licence Access

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>In 2010 the Evangelical Alliance began a major research programme which would enable it to understand more fully the lives and concerns of its constituency of Evangelical Christians across the United Kingdom. In 2010 over 17,000 people, connected in some way with evangelical churches and networks, completed a questionnaire about their beliefs, religious practices, opinions on political and moral questions and on their involvement and activism in the community. Over 12,500 of them defined themselves as Evangelical Christians. Paper questionnaires were distributed at major Christian events and festivals, and through a sample of Evangelical Alliance member churches across the UK.<br> <br> Subsequently a research panel, recruited in the first place from the 17,000 has been asked to take part in online surveys four times each year, with each wave of the survey concentrating on a specific theme or topic known to be of interest to the Alliance and/or its member organisations and churches. In the first online survey conducted around Easter 2011 over 1,150 people responded, in the Church Life survey carried out in November 2012 over 1,864 replies were analysed.<br> <br> Further information is available on the Evangelical Alliance <a class="external" href="http://www.eauk.org/church/resources/snapshot/" title="21st Century Evangelicals">21st Century Evangelicals</a> webpages.<br> <br> <b>End User Licence and Special Licence data:</b><br> Users should note that there are two versions of each <i>Twenty-First Century Evangelicals</i> study. One is available under the standard End User Licence (EUL) agreement (SN 7787), and the other is a Special Licence (SL) version (SN 7786). The SL version contains the text responses to the open-ended questions. The EUL version excludes the text responses to the open-ended questions.<br> <br> The SL data have more restrictive access conditions than those made available under the standard EUL. Prospective users of the SL version will need to complete an extra application form and demonstrate to the data owners exactly why they need access to the additional variables in order to get permission to use that version. Therefore, users are strongly advised to order the standard version of the data.<br> <br> <I>Latest edition information:</I><br> For the fourth edition (February 2017), data and documentation for a new survey have been added. The survey has the theme of 'Religions, Belief and Unbelief' and covers views of secularism, religious diversity and interfaith relations. Further information is available from an article published in the <a href="http://www.eauk.org/idea/belief-and-unbelief.cfm" title="IDEA magazine">IDEA magazine</a>.<br> <br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The surveys carried out between 2010 and 2016 cover the following topics:<br> <ul><li>Christian spirituality and learning</li><li>employment issues</li><li>life in the church</li><li>experiences of and attitudes about schooling and education</li><li>evangelism</li><li>financial matters and poverty</li><li>international and global links and issues</li><li>use of old and new media</li><li>experience of and views about contemporary families</li><li>faith in politics and voting intentions and issues pre-2015 election</li><li>local community and neighbourhoods</li><li>basic beliefs, religious practices and civic involvement</li><li>health and wellbeing</li><li>ethical consumerism </li><li>church leaders and their church’s approach to Evangelism</li><li>different life experiences of the different generations, from boomers born before 1960 to millennials born in the 1990s</li><li>'what is Evangelicalism?' to coincide with the 170th anniversary of the foundation</li><li>secularism, religious diversity and interfaith relations</li></ul><br>本摘要版权归英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）及数据采集版权方所有。<br>2010年，福音派联盟（Evangelical Alliance）启动一项重大研究项目，以期更全面地了解英国境内福音派基督徒信众群体的生活与关切。2010年，逾17000名与英国福音派教会及网络存在一定关联的民众完成了一份问卷，内容涵盖其信仰、宗教实践、对政治与道德议题的看法，以及社区参与与行动主义情况。其中超过12500人自称为福音派基督徒。纸质问卷通过英国境内福音派联盟成员教会的样本渠道，以及大型基督教活动与节日现场发放。<br><br>后续，从这17000名受访者中招募的研究小组每年需参与四次在线调查，每一轮调查均聚焦联盟及其成员机构、教会所关注的特定主题。2011年复活节前后开展的首次在线调查共回收逾1150份有效反馈；2012年11月开展的教会生活调查则分析了超过1864份回复。<br><br>更多相关信息可查阅福音派联盟官网的“21世纪福音派信徒”（Twenty-First Century Evangelicals）页面，链接为http://www.eauk.org/church/resources/snapshot/。<br><br><b>最终用户许可与特殊许可数据：</b><br>用户须知，《二十一世纪福音派信徒》（Twenty-First Century Evangelicals）每项研究均包含两个版本：其一遵循标准最终用户许可协议（End User Licence，缩写EUL，编号SN 7787），其二为特殊许可（Special Licence，缩写SL）版本（编号SN 7786）。特殊许可版本包含开放式问题的文本回复内容，而标准EUL版本则剔除了该部分文本回复。<br><br>特殊许可数据的访问限制严于标准EUL版本。有意申请特殊许可版本的用户需额外填写申请表，并向数据权属方明确说明其为何需要访问该额外变量，方可获得使用许可。因此，我们强烈建议用户优先申请标准版本的数据。<br><br><i>最新版本信息：</i><br>2017年2月发布的第四版新增了一项全新调查的数据与文档。该调查主题为“宗教、信仰与无信仰”，内容涵盖世俗主义、宗教多元性及跨信仰关系相关观点。更多相关信息可参阅发表于IDEA杂志的文章，链接为http://www.eauk.org/idea/belief-and-unbelief.cfm。<br><br><br><b>主要研究主题</b>：<br><br>2010年至2016年间开展的各项调查涵盖以下主题：<br><ul><li>基督教灵修与学习</li><li>就业议题</li><li>教会生活</li><li>学校教育经历与态度</li><li>福音传道</li><li>财务事务与贫困问题</li><li>国际与全球联系及相关议题</li><li>新旧媒体使用情况</li><li>当代家庭的经历与看法</li><li>2015年大选前的政治信仰、投票意向及相关议题</li><li>本地社区与邻里生活</li><li>基本信仰、宗教实践与公民参与</li><li>健康与福祉</li><li>伦理消费主义</li><li>教会领袖及其教会的福音传道策略</li><li>不同代际的生活经历：从1960年前出生的婴儿潮一代，到1990年代出生的千禧一代</li><li>为纪念该组织成立170周年而开展的“何谓福音派信仰”主题调查</li><li>世俗主义、宗教多元性与跨信仰关系</li></ul>