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2nd
Feb 1998 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 |
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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 |
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|
Dreams can predict the future |
38 |
41 |
40 |
49 |
42 |
25 |
36 |
44 |
||
|
Ghosts |
34 |
42 |
38 |
49 |
40 |
21 |
34 |
42 |
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|
Some people can communicate with the dead |
25 |
47 |
36 |
41 |
41 |
24 |
33 |
40 |
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|
Objects can be moved by the power of the mind |
29 |
38 |
34 |
36 |
37 |
27 |
33 |
35 |
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|
Fortune telling |
24 |
43 |
34 |
39 |
36 |
25 |
29 |
38 |
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Some people can cure illness by the power of God |
26 |
32 |
29 |
19 |
32 |
39 |
30 |
28 |
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|
Life exists on other planets |
54 |
45 |
49 |
53 |
52 |
41 |
50 |
48 |
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|
Extra-terrestrial life has already visited Earth |
33 |
24 |
29 |
33 |
33 |
18 |
26 |
32 |
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|
If extra-terrestrial life visits us, it will be friendly |
23 |
17 |
20 |
19 |
22 |
19 |
18 |
22 |
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|
If extra-terrestrial life visits us, it will be hostile |
10 |
7 |
8 |
11 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
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|
Heaven |
41 |
57 |
49 |
48 |
52 |
49 |
44 |
55 |
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Hell |
26 |
29 |
28 |
28 |
31 |
24 |
27 |
29 |
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|
Angels |
22 |
31 |
26 |
26 |
27 |
26 |
23 |
29 |
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|
The Devil |
24 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
27 |
20 |
23 |
25 |
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|
Saints |
23 |
25 |
24 |
18 |
27 |
27 |
23 |
25 |
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Re-incarnation (coming back to life as another person) |
21 |
29 |
25 |
28 |
27 |
18 |
22 |
28 |
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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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