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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2011
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BWA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Religion (BW2011A_RELIGION)

Data file: BWA2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 273
End: 273
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">A. Person Information</span></p>

<p>Religion
<br />17. What is [the respondent's] religion?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Christian<br />[] 2 Muslim<br />[] 3 Bahai<br />[] 4 Hindu<br />[] 5 Badimo<br />[] 6 Other religion <br />[] 7 No religion</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Christian
2 Muslim
3 Bahai
4 Hindu
5 Badimo
6 No religion
7 Rastafarian
8 Other religion, not elsewhere classified
9 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="em">All Persons Aged 12 years and over</span></p>

<p>145. Column A18-A25
<br />These questions apply only to persons aged 12 and years and over. If the person is less than 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16-A31 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.</p>

<p>146. Column A18: Religion
<br />Q. What is the respondent's religion?
<br />Ask for the religious affiliation of people listed in A1. Find out if the person is a Christian, Islam, Bahai, believes in the ancestral spirits (Badimo), Hindu, any other, or none. Write the code corresponding to the religion stated by the respondent.
<br />[Table omitted.]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's religion.
Universe
Botswana 2011: Persons age 12+ except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

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