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VII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1960. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1960
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BRA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Servico Nacional de Recenseamento. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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Religion (BR1960A_RELIGION)

Data file: BRA1960_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 185
End: 186
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR60A405"><span class="h3">E. Religion</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 15 Roman Catholic<br />[] 16 Protestant<br />[] 17 Spiritist<br />[] 18 Buddhist<br />[] 19 Jewish<br />[] 20 Orthodox<br />[] 21 Mohammedan<br />[] 22 Other<br />[] 23 No religion</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Roman Catholic
02 Protestant
03 Spiritist
04 Buddhist
05 Jewish
06 Orthodox
07 Mohammedan
08 Other religion
09 No religion
99 Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Question E - Religion</span></p>

<p>The box corresponding to the religion professed by the respondent must be marked with an X.
<br />In certain cases the enumerator should comply with the following orientation:</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">Roman Catholic</span> - those who declare that they are Roman Catholic Apostolic, Christian Catholic, Roman Catholic, or merely Catholic;<br /><span class="em">Protestant</span> - Those who declare they belong to an Evangelical or Protestant church (Baptist, Biblical, Calvinist, Lutheran Catholic, Protestant Catholic, Christian Congregation of Brazil, Congregational, Brazilian Baptist Convention, Evangelical Believer, Congregational Christian, Christian, Reformed Christian, Episcopal, Sunday School, Church of God, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc.)<br /><span class="em">Spiritist</span> - those who state Spiritist, Christian Spiritualist, Spiritualist, Kardecist, Umbandist, Rational Spirit and Scientific Spiritist, etc.;<br /><span class="em">Jewish</span> - those who state Israelite, Hebrew, Mosaic, Semitic, etc.;<br /><span class="em">Orthodox</span> - those who state Orthodox, Greek Catholic, Orthodox Catholic, Schismatic, Greek Orthodox, etc;</div><span class="pg">[p. 28]</span><div class="i1"><span class="em">Mohammedan</span> - those who state Mohammedan, Islamic, Muslim, etc.;<br /><span class="em">Other religion</span> - those who say they belong to the Adventist, Brahmanist, Brazilian Catholic, Belief of Jehovah, Christianity, Dissident, Esoteric, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Krishnaism, Mormon, New Jerusalem, Positivist, Rosa Cruz, Sabbatarianist, Unitarian, Yoga, etc.;<br /><span class="em">No religion</span> - those who state No Religion, Agnostic, Atheist, Lay, Free Thinker, Rationalist, etc.<br />It should be noted that this question should be answered even by minors. In cases of doubt by the respondent in defining the religion of the minors, the religion of the parents should be indicated, provided that the parents profess the same credo.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's religion.
Universe
Brazil 1960: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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