MAJORITY IN SCOTLAND AFFILIATED WITH NO RELIGION

More than half of the 5.4 million people living in Scotland have no religion, according to a survey by Scottish Social Attitudes.

The 52% of unaffiliated Scots represents a 12% jump from 16 years ago, when 40% of survey respondents said they had no religious The affiliation. The proportion of people who say they belong to the Church of Scotland — the Presbyterian Church that for so long dominated almost every aspect of life in that country — has fallen dramatically, to just 20%, down from 39% of the population in 1999.