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Census of Population of Ireland, 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2006
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IRL_2006_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Religion (IE2006A_RELIG)

Data file: IRL2006_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 257
End: 257
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">B. Person Form</span></p>

<p>13. What is your religion? </p>
<div class="i1">Check one box only<br /><br />[] 1 Roman Catholic<br />[] 2 Church of Ireland<br />[] 3 Presbyterian<br />[] 4 Methodist<br />[] 5 Islam<br />[] 6 Other, write in your religion<br /> ______</div>
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the religion of the person.
Universe
Ireland 2006: Non-absent persons [discrepancies: type I none; type II 1.6%]

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