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1999 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 1999
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VNM_1999_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1999 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
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Has religion (VN1999A_RELIGYES)

Data file: VNM1999_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="VN99A408">6. a. Is (Name) following any religion?<br />If yes, what religion?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br /><div class="i2">____</div><br />[] 2 No [Go on to question 7]</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<svar a="all" v="VN99A408 VN99A409 VN99A410"><span class="em">Question 6:</span> Is (name) following any religion?<br /><br />Based on respondent's answer, interviewers fill in corresponding code "1" if the answer is "yes", and write down name of religion in the blank line and leave code box blank. If the answer is "no" (or <span class="lang">"luong"</span>), interviewers fill in code "2" and ask question 7.<br /><br />6b. If the answer in Q.6a is one of the following 6 religions, further ask:<br /><br />This question is only asked to those who have code "1" in question 6a and the line next to the code has one of the 6 religions: Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Cao ? i, and Hòa H?o.<br /><br /><div class="i1">Buddhist: if respondent has been "proselytized" (<span class="lang">"quy y tam bao"</span>) or issued <span class="lang">"s? ?i?p"</span>? If respondent answers "yes", interviewers select code "1", if not, interviewers select code "2".<br /><br />Catholic: interviewers should ask if the respondent has "repentance of sins". If the answer is "yes, repentance of sins", select code "1", if not, select code "2".<br /><br />Protestant: interviewers should ask if the respondent has been "baptized". If the answer is "yes, baptized", if not, select code "2".<br /><br />Muslim: interviewers should ask if the respondent believes in "Islam Muslim" or "Bni Muslim".</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">If the respondent is Islam Muslim: for male, ask if he has undergone circumcision? If he underwent circumcision, select code "1"; if not, select code "2".<br />For female, as if she has done "hair cutting ceremony" yet? If yes, select code "1"; if not, select code "2".<br /><br />If the respondent is Bni Muslim: interviewers should observe if they have prayed for "Pig deity". If "yes", select code "1"; if not, select code "2".</div><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="lang">Cao ? i</span>: interviewers should ask if the respondent has been issued "letter to pray" (<span class="lang">"s? c?u ??o"</span>). If yes, select code "1"; if not, select code "2".<br /><br /><span class="lang">Hòa H?o</span>: interviewers should ask if the respondent has been issued "membership card", or prayed for <span class="lang">Tr?n ?i?u</span> (a piece of red or brown cloth) in his/her house, or hanged on a picture of the head of religion named <span class="lang">Hu?nh Phú S?</span>. If the respondent has one of the conditions, select code '1"; if not, select code "2".</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person had religion or not.
Universe
Vietnam 1999: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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