Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016

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Reference ID

IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Religion (IE2016A_RELIG)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 205

End: 205

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

12. What is your religion?
<br />Mark one box only</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Roman Catholic <br />[] 2. Church of Ireland <br />[] 3. Islam <br />[] 4. Presbyterian <br />[] 5 .Orthodox <br />[] 6. Other, write in your religion ____<br />[] 7. No religion</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Roman Catholic
2	Other stated religion
3	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's religion.

Universe

Ireland 2016: Present persons [discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.6%]

concept

Concept

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