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Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment July, 2004-June, 2005 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2004 - 2005
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IND_2004_NSS61-SCH10_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center
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Religion (IN2004A_0043)

Data file: IND2004-H-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 138
End: 138
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

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Literal question
5. 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
9 Others
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
4.3.0 Block 3: Household characteristics: Certain household characteristics, such as, household size, household type, religion, social-group, household industry, household occupation, monthly household consumer expenditure, number of members who got work for at least 60 days in public works during the last 365 days, land owned/ land possessed as on the date of survey, land cultivated (including orchard and plantation) during July 2003 - June 2004, etc., which are intended to be used mainly as classificatory characteristics in studying the indicators of employment and unemployment will be recorded in this block.



4.3.7 Item 5: Religion (code): The religion of the household will be recorded against this item in codes. If different members of the household claim to belong to different religions, the religion of the head of the household will be considered as the religion of the household. The codes are:


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

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the religion of the household. If different members of the household have different religions, the religion of the head of the household will be considered the religion of the household.
Universe
All households

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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