Rate : Percentage of 5 to 14 year olds attending Sunday School

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Identifier:

R_SUN_SCHOOL

Name:

Percentage of 5 to 14 year olds attending Sunday School

Type:

Rate (R)

Definition:

SUN_SCHOOL_GEN:att * 100.0 / VOL_SCHOOL_ELIG_GEN:total

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This can only be mapped for 1851, and there are clearly problems with combining the main and the schools census, as sixteen districts have rates over 100%. Here the pattern is very different from attendance at ordinary schools, with particularly high rates in Wales and the north, and the low rate around London. The explanation is that Sunday Schools were generally associated with non-conformist churches, so the pattern is very similar to that shown in the Religion theme.

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