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2011 National Household Survey - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2011
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CAN_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Religion (CA2011A_RELIG)

Data file: CAN2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 244
End: 245
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Sociocultural information</span></p>

<p>22. What is this person's religion?</p>
<div class="i1">Indicate a specific denomination or religion even if this person is not currently a practicing member of that group.<br /><br />For example, Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Church, Pentecostal, Traditional (Aboriginal) Spirituality, Longhouse, Baptist, Lutheran, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Presbyterian, Moravian, Evangelical Missionary Church, etc.<br /><br />[] Specify one denomination or religion only. ____<br />[] No religion</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Buddhist
02 Anglican
03 Baptist
04 Catholic
05 Christian Orthodox
06 Lutheran
07 Pentecostal
08 Presbyterian
09 United Church
10 Other Christian
11 Hindu
12 Jewish
13 Muslim
14 Sikh
15 Other religions
16 No religious affiliation
17 Unspecified, person lives in Northern Canada
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.

Description

Definition
The variable indicates the person's religion.
Universe
Canada 2011: All persons

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