XI Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 2000. - IPUMS Subset
Brazil, 2001
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Religion, 3 digits (BR2000A_RELIG)
Data file: BRA2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
271
End:
273
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR00A422 BR00A423"><span class="h3">4.09 Religion</span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | No religion |
| 110 | Roman Catholic Apostolic |
| 111 | Catholic Charismatic, Catholic Pentecostal |
| 112 | Catholic Armenian, Catholic Ukrainian |
| 120 | Brazilian Catholic Apostolic |
| 130 | Orthodox Catholic |
| 140 | Christian Orthodox |
| 149 | Christian Orthodox, other |
| 199 | Other Catholic |
| 210 | Lutheran Churches |
| 219 | Lutheran Churches, other |
| 220 | Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
| 221 | Independent Presbyterian Church |
| 222 | Presbyterian Church of Brazil |
| 223 | United Presbyterian Church |
| 224 | Fundamentalist Presbyterian |
| 225 | Renewed Presbyterian |
| 229 | Evangelical Protestant of the Presbyterian Persuasion, other |
| 230 | Evangelical Methodist Church |
| 231 | Wesleyan Evangelical Methodist |
| 232 | Orthodox Evangelical Methodist |
| 239 | Protestant Evangelical of the Methodist Persuasion, other |
| 240 | Evangelical Baptist Church |
| 241 | Brazilian Baptist Convention |
| 242 | National Baptist Convention |
| 243 | Pentecostal Baptist |
| 244 | Biblical Baptist |
| 245 | Renewed Baptist |
| 249 | Evangelical Protestant of the Baptist Persuasion, other |
| 250 | Evangelical Congregational Church |
| 251 | Independent Congregational Church |
| 259 | Evangelical Protestant of the Congregational Persuasion, other |
| 260 | Evangelical Seventh-Day Adventist Church |
| 261 | Reform Movement of the Evangelical Adventist Church |
| 262 | Evangelical Adventist Church of the Promise |
| 269 | Evangelical Protestant of the Adventist Persuasion, other |
| 270 | Evangelical Anglican Episcopal Church |
| 279 | Evangelical Protestant of the Anglican Episcopalian Persuasion, other |
| 280 | Evangelical Mennonite Church |
| 289 | Evangelical Protestant of the Mennonite Persuasion, other |
| 300 | Salvation Army |
| 310 | Evangelical Assembly of God Church |
| 311 | Madureira Assembly of God Church |
| 312 | All Saints Assembly of God Church |
| 319 | Salvation Army, other |
| 320 | Congregational Christian Church of Brazil |
| 329 | Evangelical Protestant Congregational Christian of Brazil of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 330 | Evangelical Pentecostal Brazil for Christ Church |
| 339 | Evangelical Protestant Brazil for Christ of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 340 | Foursquare Gospel Church |
| 349 | Evangelical Protestant Foursquare Gospel Church of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 350 | Universal Church of the Kingdom of God |
| 359 | Evangelical Protestant Universal of the Kingdom of God of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 360 | Evangelical House of the Blessing Church |
| 369 | Evangelical Protestant House of the Blessing of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 370 | Evangelical House of Prayer Church |
| 379 | Evangelical Protestant House of Prayer of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 380 | Evangelical Pentecostal God Is Love Church |
| 389 | Evangelical Protestant God is Love of Origin Pentecostal, other |
| 390 | Evangelical Pentecostal Maranata Church |
| 399 | Evangelical Protestant Maranata of Pentecostal origin, other |
| 400 | Renewed, Restored and Reformed Evangelical Without Institutional Ties |
| 401 | Renewed, Restored and Reformed Pentecostal Without Institutional Ties |
| 409 | Renewed Evangelical Protestant without institutional ties, other |
| 410 | Pentecostal Evangelical Without Institutional Ties |
| 419 | Pentecostal Evangelical Protestant without instiutional ties, other |
| 420 | Evangelical Christian Community Church |
| 429 | Evangelical Protestant Christian Community of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 430 | New Life Church of Pentecostal Origin |
| 439 | New Life Evangelical Protestant of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 440 | Evangelical Community Church |
| 449 | Evangelical Protestant Community of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 450 | Other Evangelical Pentecostal Churches |
| 460 | Pentecostal Biblical Revival Church |
| 469 | Evangelical Protestant Biblical Revival of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 470 | Evangelical Chain of Prayer Church |
| 479 | Evangelical Protestant Chain of Prayer of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 480 | Church of the Nazarene |
| 489 | Evangelical Protestant Church of the Nazarene of Pentecostal Origin, other |
| 490 | Undetermined Evangelical |
| 491 | Evangelical Without Institutional Ties |
| 492 | Multiple Declaration of Evangelical Protestant Religion |
| 499 | Others Evangelical Protestant |
| 510 | Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints |
| 519 | Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, other |
| 520 | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| 529 | Evangelical Protestant Jehovah's Witness, other |
| 530 | Legion of Good Will/Religion of God |
| 590 | Spiritualist [ESPIRITUALISTA] |
| 599 | Siritualist [Espiritualista], other |
| 610 | Spiritualist, Kardecist |
| 619 | Spiritualist [Espirita], other |
| 620 | Umbanda |
| 629 | Umbanda, other |
| 630 | Candomblé |
| 639 | Candomble, other |
| 640 | Afro-Brazilian Religiosities |
| 641 | Multiple Declaration of Afro Religiosity with Other Religiosities |
| 649 | Other declarations of Afro-Brazilian Religiosity, other |
| 710 | Judaism |
| 719 | Judaism, other |
| 740 | Hinduism |
| 741 | Yoga |
| 749 | Hinduism, other |
| 750 | Buddhism |
| 751 | Nitiren |
| 752 | Theravada Buddhism |
| 753 | Zen Buddhism |
| 754 | Tibetan Buddhism |
| 755 | Soka Gakkai |
| 759 | Buddhism, other |
| 760 | Messianic Worldwide Church |
| 761 | Seicho No-Ie |
| 762 | Perfect Liberty |
| 763 | Hare Krishna |
| 764 | Oshoo Disciples |
| 765 | Tenrykyo |
| 766 | Mahicari |
| 790 | Oriental Religions |
| 791 | Bahai |
| 792 | Shintoism |
| 793 | Taoism |
| 799 | Other oriental Religions, other |
| 810 | Islamism |
| 819 | Islamism, other |
| 820 | Esoteric |
| 821 | Christian Rationalism |
| 829 | Esoteric traditions, other |
| 830 | Indigenous Brazilian Traditions |
| 831 | Santo Daime |
| 832 | União do Vegetal |
| 833 | A Barquinha |
| 834 | Neoshamanic |
| 839 | Brazilian Indigenous Traditions, other |
| 850 | Christian Religiosity without Institutional Ties |
| 890 | Undetermined/Poorly Defined Religiosity |
| 891 | Multiple Declaration of Catholic Religiosity/Other Religiosities |
| 892 | Multiple Declaration of Evangelical Protestant Religiosity/Other Religiosities |
| 893 | Multiple Declaration of Catholic/Spiritualist [Espírita] Religiosity |
| 894 | Multiple Declaration of Catholic/Umbanda Religiosity |
| 895 | Multiple Declaration of Catholic/Candomblé Religiosity |
| 896 | Multiple Declaration of Catholic/Kardecist Religiosity |
| 990 | 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="BR00A422"><span class="em">Religion or cult</span><br /><br />Objective:<br /><br />To investigate which religions or cults are declared by the population and the number of their members.<br /><br /><span class="h3">Question 4.09 - What religion or cult do you belong to?</span><br /><br />The record should identify the sect, cult or branch of the religion professed, such as: Roman Apostolic Catholic, Orthodox Catholic, Brazilian Catholic, Anglican, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Baptist, <span class="pg">[p. 100]</span> Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God, Christian Congregation Of Brazil, Adventist, Kardecist, Shintoist, Jehovah's Witness, Candomblé, Umbanda, Buddhist, Israelite, Mohammedan, Esoteric, etc.<br /><br />Do not record generic expressions such as Catholic, Protestant, Spiritualist, Protestant Believer, Evangelical, Pentecostal, etc.<br /><br />For persons who do not profess any religion, record No religion.<br /><br />In cases of doubt in defining the religion of minors, record the mother's religion.<br /><br />Ask the respondent about the religion of each person in the household.<br /><br />Do not make deductions on the basis of the declaration of the person who is giving the information; try to find out the religion of each resident in the household.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates religion, 3 digits.
Universe
Brazil 2000: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |