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The English Church Census, 1989 was carried out on the 15th October 1989 by MARC Europe (this research body ceased to exist and Christian Research was formed out of it). The main aim of the survey was to get details of church attendance in England by denomination, churchmanship, county and environment. A list was produced by MARC Europe of all Christian churches in England which totaled 38,607. These included Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches but not other groups such as Jehovah's Witness. In total 26,424 churches completed the census form, a response rate of 70 per cent. The census set out to measure congregations not churches themselves. For the purposes of the survey a congregation was defined as a group comprising generally the same body of people, meeting at monthly intervals at least, for public Christian worship on a Sunday, and using the same premises week by week.

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The questionnaire included the following topics:denominationchurchmanshipcountyenvironment (nature of the community served by the church) age and gender of the congregationchildren's involvement with the church

No sampling (total universe)

Postal survey