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Statistics for Mission The Church of Scotland and Scotland’s Census
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Church of Scotland Long association with Scotland’s Census Presence in every part of Scotland Work with National Records of Scotland
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Scotland’s Census 2011 ACCESSIBILITY! Web-based PDF files available for EVERY congregation Digitise parish boundaries
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Scotland’s Census Smaller output areas Religion detail – Church of Scotland/Roman Catholic/other Bivariate tables – religion by age band, gender, ethnicity, identity
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Census Profiles Parish map 12 pages of graphs, charts, tables – Population breakdown – Ethnicity, language, health Presbytery and national figures
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Release B Parish map Pop’n H’holds
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Training material Congregational material Introduction to using statistics, Census, other data People’s stories
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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
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What’s next? Congregations USING profiles to understand and benefit local communities Further research with parish boundary data
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