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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Religion (ZA2016A_RELIG)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 233
End: 234
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.1] Demographics </span></p>

<p>[3.7.1.11] How would you describe the respondent's main religious affiliation/belief?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Christianity<br />[] 2 Islam<br />[] 3 Traditional African religion [e.g. Ancestral, Tribal, Animist etc.]<br />[] 4 Hinduism<br />[] 5 Buddhism<br />[] 6 Bahaism<br />[] 7 Judaism<br />[] 8 Atheism<br />[] 9 Agnosticism<br />[] 10 No religious affiliation/belief<br />[] 11 Other<br />[] 12 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Christianity
02 Islam
03 Traditional african religion (e.g. ancestral, tribal, animism)
04 Hinduism
05 Buddism
06 Bahaism
07 Judaism
08 Atheism
09 Agnosticism
10 No religious affiliation or belief
11 Other
12 Do not know
99 Unknown
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 religious belief.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All persons

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