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Statistics for Mission The Church of Scotland and Scotland’s Census

Statistics for Mission The Church of Scotland and Scotland’s Census. Church of Scotland. Long association with Scotland’s Census Presence in every part of Scotland Work with National Records of Scotland. Scotland’s Census 2011. ACCESSIBILITY!

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Statistics for Mission The Church of Scotland and Scotland’s Census

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  1. Statistics for MissionThe Church of Scotland and Scotland’s Census

  2. Church of Scotland • Long association with Scotland’s Census • Presence in every part of Scotland • Work with National Records of Scotland

  3. Scotland’s Census 2011 • ACCESSIBILITY! • Web-based PDF files available for EVERY congregation • Digitise parish boundaries

  4. Scotland’s Census • Smaller output areas • Religion detail – Church of Scotland/Roman Catholic/other • Bivariate tables – religion by age band, gender, ethnicity, identity

  5. Census Profiles • Parish map • 12 pages of graphs, charts, tables • Population breakdown • Ethnicity, language, health • Presbytery and national figures

  6. Release B • Parish map • Pop’n • H’holds

  7. Training material • Congregational material • Introduction to using statistics, Census, other data • People’s stories

  8. So what? • National - targeting support for the most deprived parishes • Presbyteries – mission planning, resource deployment • Congregations – understanding our communities, new ways of mission, evidence-base for grants

  9. What’s next? • Congregations USING profiles to understand and benefit local communities • Further research with parish boundary data

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