STREET SURVEY PHASE 1 QUESTIONS.  Draft 11/30/01 after piloting.
Use one colour pen for notes during the interview, and another colour pen for notes after the interview.
Date……………………………   Time …………………………………
House number ……………………………………………………………
•	Introduce self, name, from Lancaster University’s Kendal project, show ID
•	Did they see leaflet?
•	Gloss project - religion / spirituality / that sort of thing
•	Study of one street - this is the one that’s been selected - trying to talk to as many as possible
•	Willing to do interview? only a few minutes.
•	Answers remain confidential
•	Free to refuse any question you don’t want to answer
•	More interested in your opinions than in ticking right boxes - rephrase questions if you like
(If the time is not convenient ask if you can call back at another time.Call back at:…………………………………………………………………………….)
1.  Do you go to church regularly?

YES
	NO
	
How often?
More than once a week
Once a week
Once a fortnight
Once a month
Less often than once a month
	Have you ever gone to church regularly?
	
	YES
	NO	
Which church do you go to?
…………………………………………	Which church did you go to?
…………………………………………	
	When did you stop going?
As a teenager
When left home
Other
	
	Was there a particular reason you stopped going?

	

2.  Are you currently involved with any organised activity other than church which has religious or spiritual meaning for you?

YES
	NO
	
What is the activity or activities?

How often do you participate in it?
More often than once a week
Once a week
Once a fortnight
Once a month
Less often than once a month	Have you ever been involved with an organised activity other than church which had religious or spiritual meaning for you?
	
	YES
	NO	
	What was that?

When did you stop being involved?

Was there a particular reason you stopped being involved?

	

3.  Do you do anything on your own, that is, not as part of an organised activity, which has a religious or spiritual meaning for you?

YES
	NO
	
What do you do?

	Have you ever done anything on your own, not as part of an organised activity, which has a religious or spiritual meaning for you?
	
	YES
	NO	
How often do you do it?
More than daily
Once a day
Several times a week
Once a week
Once a fortnight
Once a month
Less often than once a month	What was it?

When did you stop?

Was there a particular reason that you stopped?

4.  Now we have a few questions about what you do and don’t believe in.
Would you say you believe in God or not?  Or is it something you’ve not really thought about?

Would you say that you believe people are essentially spiritual beings or not?  Or is it something you’ve not really thought about before?

Would you say that you believe people carry on living after they die, or not?  Or is it something you’ve not really thought about before?

How important would you say the spiritual side of life is to you?

5.  Have you ever been aware of, or influenced by, a presence or power, whether you call it God or not, which is different from your everyday self?
YES
	NO	
Is this something that’s happened just once, several times, or does it happen regularly?
Once
Several times
Regularly
All the time
In what sort of circumstances does / did this happen?

	

We would like to talk to all the adults who live in the street if we can.  Is there anyone else living here?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………..
Would it be possible for me to call back and speak with them sometime?

Obviously, in these very short interviews we can only scratch the surface of what people mean when they talk about religion and spirituality, and people don’t really get the chance to tell us what they really mean.  For the next phase of the study we would like to interview a few of the people in the street in a bit more depth, selecting people to represent the range of views and opinions we have found.  Would you be interested in taking part in this sort of an interview?

YES
	NO

Name: ………………………………………………………………………………….
Contact telephone number: …………………………………………………………….
Thank you very much, so if we’d like to talk to you in the next stage I’ll give you a ring in the next few weeks.	
Thank you very much for your time, we really appreciate your help.  
Did you have anything you wanted to ask about the interview?
We will let you know when the results of the survey are published.
RESEARCHER’S NOTES (Fill in general impressions and memory-joggers immediately after each interview on back of sheet.)