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Nationala Censuses 2007: 11th Population Census and 6th Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2007
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PER_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Religion (PE2007A_RELIGION)

Data file: PER2007_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 252
End: 252
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PE07A447 PE07A448"><span class="em">For people aged twelve or older</span><br />[Applies to questions 20-21]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A447">20. What religion are you? (Circle only one number)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Catholic<br />[] 2 Christian/Evangelical<br />[] 3 Other<br />[] 4 None</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Catholic
2 Christian or evangelical
3 Other
4 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 v="PE07A447 PE07A448"><span class="h3">For persons aged 12 and older</span><br />[Applies to questions 20-21]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PE07A447"><span class="em">Question 20: What religion are you?</span><br /><ul class="b1">
<li>If the respondent says that he/she is Seventh Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witness, Orthodox, Buddhist, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, or Hare Krishna, among others, circle option 3, "Other."</li>

<li>If the respondent says that he/she does not have a religion, circle option 4, "None."</li>
</ul><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's religion.
Universe
Peru 2007: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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