IX General Population and Housing Census 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Mexico, 1970

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Reference ID

MEX_1970_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Dirección General de Estadística, Secretaría de Industria y Comercio, Minnesota Population Center

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Religion (MX1970A_0406)

Data file: MEX1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 175

End: 175

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

5. Religion

What religion does this person have? Mark with an X

[ ] 1 Catholic
[ ] 2 Protestant or Evangelist
[ ] 3 Jewish
[ ] 4 Other
[ ] 5 None

Categories

Value	Category
1	Catholic
2	Protestant
3	Jewish
4	Other
5	None
9	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

Religion

Column 5

Ask each person what their religion is, keeping in mind that the members of a family can have different religions.

Remember that for the religion "protestant or evangelist," the following should also be marked: Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Pentecostal, Sunday-Ist ["Sabatista"], Quaker, Jehovah Witness, Seventh-Day Adventist, Anglican, Christian Scientist, Lutheran, Calvinist, Episcopalian, etc.

Under "other" the following religions should be marked: Mohammed, Buddhist, Taoist, Shintoist, Confucius, Islamic, Muslim, Brahman, Orthodox, etc.

The circle in front of "none" should be marked for the people who declare that they do not have a religion, or who, even though they are believers, do not follow the norms or precepts of any specific religion.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates religion.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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