Household Consumer Expenditure, National Sample Survey 62nd Round

India, 2005 - 2006

Reference ID

IND_2005_NSS62-SCH1.0_v01_M

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Dec 12, 2013

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Religion (B3_q5)

Data file: Block 3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 39434

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 60

End: 60

Width: 1

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is your religion?

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

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 households.

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