South African Census 2001

South Africa, 2001

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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M

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Religion (p08_rlg)

Data file: SA Census 2001 Person_v1

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Valid: 1754243

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Dutch Reformed Churches	105093	6%
2	Reformed Churches	6323	0.4%
3	Nederduits Hervormde Kerk	6432	0.4%
4	Anglican Church	45942	2.6%
5	Church of England in South Africa	1780	0.1%
6	International Fellowship of Christian Churches	5397	0.3%
7	Methodist Church of South Africa	70646	4%
8	Presbyterian Churches	17941	1%
9	United Congregational Church of South Africa	6303	0.4%
10	Lutheran Church of Southern Africa	53960	3.1%
11	Roman Catholic Church	104663	6%
12	Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa	11177	0.6%
13	Other Apostolic Churches	211835	12.1%
14	Baptist Churches of Southern Africa	11501	0.7%
15	Pinkster Protestante Kerk	1876	0.1%
16	Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk	679	0%
17	Full Gospel Church of God in Southern Africa	12356	0.7%
18	Orthodox Churches	0	0%
19	Church of Christ of Latter Day South Africaints	692	0%
20	Pentecostal Churches	1981	0.1%
21	South Africalvation Army United Church	2115	0.1%
22	Seventh-Day Adventist Church	4855	0.3%
23	New Apostolic Church	288	0%
24	Assemblies of God of South Africa	19673	1.1%
25	St Engenas Zion Christian Church	1861	0.1%
26	Zion Christian Church	260161	14.8%
27	Bandla Lama Nazaretha	8925	0.5%
28	African Methodist Episcopal Church	12495	0.7%
29	St John's Apostolic Church	20252	1.2%
30	International Pentecost Church	17426	1%
31	Other African Independent Churches	27402	1.6%
32	Other Christian Churches	100074	5.7%
33	African Traditional Belief	7649	0.4%
34	Judaism	3624	0.2%
35	Buddhism	183	0%
36	Taoist	20	0%
37	Confucian	7	0%
38	Hinduism	6375	0.4%
39	Islam	15972	0.9%
40	Bahais	57	0%
41	Other Non-Christian Church	0	0%
42	Jehovah?s Witnesses	10901	0.6%
43	Other Non-Christian Religions	443	0%
44	Other Methodist Churches	4522	0.3%
45	Other Presbyterian Churches	2268	0.1%
46	Other Congregational Churches	3520	0.2%
47	Other Lutheran Churches	3566	0.2%
48	Other Catholic Churches	1204	0.1%
49	Other Baptist Churches	7118	0.4%
50	Other Pentecostal Churches	31175	1.8%
51	Other Orthodox Churches	1754	0.1%
52	Other (Seventh-Day) Adventist Churches	2609	0.1%
53	Other African Apostolic Churches	1360	0.1%
54	Other Assemblies	8188	0.5%
55	Other Zionist Churches	73319	4.2%
56	Church of the Nazarene	0	0%
57	Christian Scientist	214	0%
58	Christian Centres	13191	0.8%
59	Ethiopian-type Churches	23935	1.4%
60	Ethnic Churches	3548	0.2%
61	Other Evangelical Churches	38820	2.2%
62	Other Charismatic Churches	531	0%
63	No Religion	315130	18%
64	Refused	402	0%
65	Other	819	0%
99	Unspecified	19715	1.1%

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.

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