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1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995
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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Religion (NI1995A_RELIG)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 235
End: 235
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="NI95A413 NI95A414 NI95A415 NI95A416 NI95A417 NI95A418 NI95A419 NI95A420 NI95A421 NI95A422 NI95A423 NI95A424 NI95A425 NI95A449">For persons age 5 or older<br />[Questions 5-11 were asked of persons age 5 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A414"><span class="em">Religion</span><br />6. What is the person's religion?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Catholic<br />[] 2 Evangelical<br />[] 3 Moravian<br />[] 4 Episcopalian<br />[] 5 Other<br />[] 6 None</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Catholic
2 Evangelical
3 Moravian
4 Episcopal
5 Other
6 None
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="NI95A414"><span class="em">Question 6: Religion</span><br />You should mark the religion that the interviewed person declares to profess, independent of whether within the same dwelling there are members with distinct religions.<br /><br />When the informant declares to belong to one of the following religions: Adventist, Jehovah's Witness, Mormon or other religions, you should mark the category "Other".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates person's religion.
Universe
Nicaragua 1995: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II none]

concept

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