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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment January to December, 1983 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1983
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IND_1983_NSS38-SCH10_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center
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Household religion (IN1983A_0037)

Data file: IND1983-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 122
End: 122
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
4. Household religion:

[] 1 Hinduism
[] 2 Islam
[] 3 Christianity
[] 4 Sikhism
[] 5 Jainism
[] 6 Buddhism
[] 7 Zoroastrianism
[] 9 Others
Categories
Value Category
1 Hinduism
2 Islam
3 Christianity
4 Sikhism
5 Jainism
6 Buddhism
7 Zoroastrianism
8 Others
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
5.3.7 Item 4 : household religion :
The religion of the household in terms of the specified code will be recorded against item. If different members of the household claim to belong to different religions, though such an eventuality is likely to be rare, the religion of the head of the household will be considered as the religion of the household. The codes for household religion are:

Hinduism - 1
Islam - 2
Christianity - 3
Sikhism - 4
Jainism - 5
Buddhism - 6
Zoroastrianism - 7
Others - 9

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the primary religion of the household members.
Universe
All households

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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