Populus Omnibus Survey – August 2010
The superb website British Religion in Numbers have alerted us to a new survey from Populus who interviewed 1,037 adults aged 18+ online between 20th and 23rd August 2010.
Within this survey of attitudes are a few questions of religious interest.
The following is a link to the results in a PDF format:
Here’s a highlight of results of interest to us:
God created the Earth in six days and on the seventh day He rested:
True = 18.8% – Don’t Know = 25% – Not True = 56.4%
Human beings evolved from apes:
True = 67.8% – Don’t Know = 17.8% – Not True = 14%
There is life after death:
True = 36.8% – Don’t Know = 37% – Not True = 26%
There’s more on the PDF link above which breaks the numbers down by gender, age, socio-economic group and region.
Tags: Science & Medical
October 3rd, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Oh dear, the usual problem with multiple choice questions from questionable sources.
I’m no biologist, but surely those of us who attended some sort of school know that apes and humans ‘shared a common ancestor’, not that ‘we evolved from apes’?
For those who would label me a pedant, you have to behave that way to set multiple choice questions properly.
October 3rd, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Ah that’s not pedant, that’s a really good spot.