Population and Housing Census 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1998

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Reference ID

MWI_1998_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Religion (MW1998A_0406)

Data file: MWI1998-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 162

End: 162

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

B7. Religion

[] 1 Christianity
[] 2 Islam
[] 3 Other
[] 4 None

Categories

Value	Category
1	Christian
2	Muslim
3	Other
4	None

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

Part B: Characteristics of Individual Household Members

1. All persons

Religion: It is the type of worship towards God. It takes several forms such as Christianity, Islam, Bahaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, etc. Religion should not be confused with denomination.

B7. Religion: Ask the respondent about the type of religion of each member of the household. There are cases when a child's religion is not known. If the husband and his wife belong to different religions, you should assign the religion of the mother to the child. If both parents belong to the same religion then consider the child as belonging to that religion too.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the religion of the person.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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