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Population Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1991
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BGD_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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Religion (BD1991A_0404)

Data file: BGD1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 119
End: 119
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18. Religion

[] 1. Islam
[] 2. Hindu
[] 3. Buddhist
[] 4. Christian
[] 5. Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Islam
2 Hindu
3 Buddhist
4 Christian
5 Other
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
18. Religion:
If it is clear from name then mark the appropriate oval. Otherwise ask respondent to know religion of all and fill appropriate oval space. If religion is "Islam" mark oval cell (1), for "Hindu" mark oval cell (2), for "Buddhist" mark oval cell (3), for "Christian" oval cell (4) and oval cell (5) for others.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the religion.
Universe
All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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