2nd Feb 1998
Daily Mail

Survey of Britons

TABLE 1 Which of these do you believe in - whether or not you've had direct experience of them? All figures in percentages.

 

Men

Women

TOTAL

18-34

35-54

55+

ABC1

C2DE

Some people have powers that cannot be explained by science

64

65

64

68

68

55

66

63

The paranormal. Things that science cannot explain

61

66

63

69

67

51

65

62

God

55

71

63

55

66

70

64

63

That a person's spirit lives on after death

42

61

52

54

56

44

51

53

Thought-reading

39

54

47

41

50

51

46

48

People can cure illnesses with the power of the mind

41

40

40

35

43

44

44

37

Dreams can predict the future

38

41

40

49

42

25

36

44

Ghosts

34

42

38

49

40

21

34

42

Some people can communicate with the dead

25

47

36

41

41

24

33

40

Objects can be moved by the power of the mind

29

38

34

36

37

27

33

35

Fortune telling

24

43

34

39

36

25

29

38

Some people can cure illness by the power of God

26

32

29

19

32

39

30

28

Life exists on other planets

54

45

49

53

52

41

50

48

Extra-terrestrial life has already visited Earth

33

24

29

33

33

18

26

32

If extra-terrestrial life visits us, it will be friendly

23

17

20

19

22

19

18

22

If extra-terrestrial life visits us, it will be hostile

10

7

8

11

8

6

6

10

Heaven

41

57

49

48

52

49

44

55

Hell

26

29

28

28

31

24

27

29

Angels

22

31

26

26

27

26

23

29

The Devil

24

24

24

24

27

20

23

25

Saints

23

25

24

18

27

27

23

25

Re-incarnation (coming back to life as another person)

21

29

25

28

27

18

22

28

 

 

TABLE 2 Which of these have you direct experience of? All figures in percentages

 

Men

Women

TOTAL

18-34

35-54

55+

ABC1

C2DE

People who have powers that cannot be explained by science

16

15

16

15

16

16

16

15

Paranormal phenomena - things that science cannot explain

12

14

13

13

13

13

14

12

God

13

15

14

10

16

19

15

14

People whose spirits live on after they die

8

15

11

13

11

11

11

12

Thought-reading

10

17

14

11

13

19

13

15

People who can cure illness by the power of their mind

10

11

11

9

11

12

12

9

Dreams that have predicted the future

17

21

19

26

19

10

18

20

Ghosts

11

14

13

18

11

8

9

16

People who can communicate with the dead

5

12

9

11

8

6

8

9

Objects which have been moved by the power of the mind

4

5

4

5

4

5

5

4

Fortune telling

9

19

14

16

16

10

14

14

People who can cure illness by the power of God

7

9

8

4

8

13

9

7

Life exists on other planets

5

1

3

2

3

3

2

3

Extra-terrestrial life which has already visited us here on Earth

3

1

2

2

2

2

1

2

Friendly extra-terrestrial life

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Hostile extra-terrestrial life

1

-

-

-

1

1

1

-

Heaven

2

2

2

2

2

3

2

3

Hell

2

2

2

1

3

4

2

2

Angels

2

3

3

2

2

4

3

2

The Devil

4

3

4

4

4

3

3

4

Saints

3

2

2

1

2

4

2

2

A total of 1,092 interviews were conducted face to face between 5th Jan 1998 and 9th Jan 1998 by ICM

 


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