National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 1990

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PNG_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Religion (PG1990A_RELIG)

Data file: PNG1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 184

End: 185

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">[The rural and urban census forms are identical for questions 1-17. Questions 1-17 are provided here in detail under the rural census form, and omitted in the urban census form.]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For all persons<br />[Questions 12-15 were asked of all persons.]</span></p>

<p>15. Belong to a church</p>
<div class="i1">Circle one code only<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br /><br />If "yes", give name of church (religion).</div><div class="i2">Religion _ _</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Anglican
02	Baptist
03	Alliance Evangelical
04	Lutheran Evangelical
05	Roman Catholic
06	Salvation
07	Seventh Day Adventist Church
08	United Church
09	Other Churches
21	Islam
22	Hindu
23	Buddhist
25	Jewish
26	Other, not elsewhere classified
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

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

This variable indicates type of religion a person belongs to.

Universe

Papua New Guinea 1990: Persons who belong to a church [discrepancies type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept

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