Kenyan census results a “big win” for intersex people
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation The results of Kenya’s first census to recognise intersex people are a “big win” for their rights, campaigners said as the data was released on Monday, expressing hopes it would lead to more progressive policies. Kenya became the first African nation and one of the only countries in the world to […]
People with ‘no religion’ officially overtake number of Christians in New Zealand, according to latest census
The number of New Zealanders who identify as having ‘no religion’ has surpassed the number of Christians in the country for the first time, latest census figures show. The data from last year’s census, released this week, shows that 48.59 per cent of New Zealanders indicated ‘no religion’ in 2018, up from 41.92 per cent […]
In a first for Africa, Kenya census to count intersex people
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Kenya will become the first African country to recognise its intersex population in a census on Saturday that counts people born with a sexual anatomy that does not fit typical definitions for male or female bodies, according to a top official. The census will help end stigma and recognise the rights […]
CENSUS: ALMOST A THIRD OF AUSTRALIANS TICK ‘NO RELIGION’ BUT MORE THAN HALF IDENTIFY AS CHRISTIANS
DAVID ADAMS reports on what the 2016 Census reveals about Australia’s religious landscape…
Scottish church attendance drops by more than half since 1984, church census finds
Attendance at churches in Scotland has dropped by more than half over the past 30 years, according to the latest census of the church. The census of Scottish Christians, the fourth conducted since 1984, found around 390,000 people regularly attend church, down from 854,000 in 1984. Proportionally, church-goers account for 7.2 per cent of the Scottish […]
‘Typical’ Aussie a 38-year-old female who is married with two children, according to preliminary Census data release
The ‘typical’ Australian is a 38-year-old female who is married with two children, has completed Year 12 and lives in a three bedroom house with two motor vehicles, according to preliminary data from last year’s Census in Australia. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday also showed that the typical Australian male […]
Some 3,000 churches across 21 denominations taking part in Australia’s sixth National Church Life Survey
About 3,000 churches across 21 denominations around Australia have registered to take part in the 2016 National Church Life Survey – the sixth of its kind – over the next two months. NCLS Research, which oversees the survey, said the churches have ordered more than 400,000 surveys between them in what is the latest incarnation […]
CENSUS: CAMPAIGN URGES AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS NOT TO “GLOSS OVER” THE ‘RELIGION QUESTION’
The night of Tuesday, 9th August, is Census night in Australia. DAVID ADAMS speaks with Nathan Brown about a push to educate Christians about why – and how – they should answer the ‘religion question’…