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Census of Population of Ireland 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2006
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IRL_2006_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Religion (IE2006A_0428)

Data file: IRL2006-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 235
End: 235
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
B. Person Form


13. What is your religion?

Check one box only

[] 1 Roman Catholic
[] 2 Church of Ireland
[] 3 Presbyterian
[] 4 Methodist
[] 5 Islam
[] 6 Other, write in your religion
______
Categories
Value Category
1 Roman Catholic
2 Church of Ireland (including Protestant)
3 Other stated religions
4 No religion
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
Question 13 provides information on the number of people of each religion or religious denomination. Taken in conjunction with information on country of birth, nationality and ethnicity information on religion will help complete the picture in relation to a changing society.
The religions listed have been chosen to cover the majority denominations. People are free to check the box other and write in a description of their religion where it is not covered by one of the tick boxes 1 to 5. It is important to point out that the question does not refer to frequency of attendance at church.

13 What is your religion?

Check one box only
[] 1 Roman Catholic
[] 2 Church of Ireland
[] 3 Presbyterian
[] 4 Methodist
[] 5 Islam
[] 6 Other, write in your religion ______
[] 7 No religion

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the religion of the person.
Universe
Non-absent persons

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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