Census of Population and Housing 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 1972

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Reference ID

ISR_1972_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Religion (IL1972A_0404)

Data file: ISR1972-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 148

End: 148

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

11. Is he/she

[] 1. Jew
[] 2. Moslem
[] 3. Greek-Catholic
[] 4. Greek-Orthodox
[] 5. Latin (Catholic)
[] 6. Druze
[] Other Christian ____
[] Other ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	Jewish
2	Moslems
3	Christian
4	Druse
5	Other

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

Question 11: Is he/she: Jewish, Moslem etc.?

Circle the appropriate number.
11a. If a person is Christian, belonging to a different congregation from the main three mentioned in the questionnaire, like Baptist, you have to write it on the dotted line without marking a circle,
Attention: there is no number near it (Other Christian category).
[The original form includes an illustration of the question's categories including: Jewish, Moslem, Catholic Greek, Orthodox Greek, Latino (Catholic), Other Christian]
Examples of Christian congregations: Armenian-Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Coptic Catholic, Anglican, Baptist (See supplementary list on page 96).

11b. If the person is not Jewish, Moslem, Christian or Druze -- write down the group that he belongs to, on the dotted line at the end of question 11 -- "other" (like: Samaritan, Bahaman).
Here too, do not circle any number. (Attention, there is no number near the 'other' category).

11c. If you encounter answers like Atheist, Canaanite, Israeli etc., write the answer given by the person, under 'other'.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's religion.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

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

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