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VII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1960 - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1960
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BRA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Servico Nacional de Recenseamento. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Minnesota Population Center
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Religion (BR1960A_0405)

Data file: BRA1960-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 164
End: 165
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E. Religion


[] 15 Roman Catholic
[] 16 Protestant
[] 17 Spiritist
[] 18 Buddhist
[] 19 Jewish
[] 20 Orthodox
[] 21 Mohammedan
[] 22 Other
[] 23 No religion
Categories
Value Category
1 Roman Catholic
2 Protestant
3 Spiritist
4 Buddhist
5 Jewish
6 Orthodox
7 Mohammedan
8 Other religion
9 No religion
99 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
Question E - Religion

The box corresponding to the religion professed by the respondent must be marked with an X.
In certain cases the enumerator should comply with the following orientation:

Roman Catholic - those who declare that they are Roman Catholic Apostolic, Christian Catholic, Roman Catholic, or merely Catholic;
Protestant - Those who declare they belong to an Evangelical or Protestant church (Baptist, Biblical, Calvinist, Lutheran Catholic, Protestant Catholic, Christian Congregation of Brazil, Congregational, Brazilian Baptist Convention, Evangelical Believer, Congregational Christian, Christian, Reformed Christian, Episcopal, Sunday School, Church of God, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc.)
Spiritist - those who state Spiritist, Christian Spiritualist, Spiritualist, Kardecist, Umbandist, Rational Spirit and Scientific Spiritist, etc.;
Jewish - those who state Israelite, Hebrew, Mosaic, Semitic, etc.;
Orthodox - those who state Orthodox, Greek Catholic, Orthodox Catholic, Schismatic, Greek Orthodox, etc;


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Mohammedan - those who state Mohammedan, Islamic, Muslim, etc.;
Other religion - those who say they belong to the Adventist, Brahmanist, Brazilian Catholic, Belief of Jehovah, Christianity, Dissident, Esoteric, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Krishnaism, Mormon, New Jerusalem, Positivist, Rosa Cruz, Sabbatarianist, Unitarian, Yoga, etc.;
No religion - those who state No Religion, Agnostic, Atheist, Lay, Free Thinker, Rationalist, etc.
It should be noted that this question should be answered even by minors. In cases of doubt by the respondent in defining the religion of the minors, the religion of the parents should be indicated, provided that the parents profess the same credo.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's religion.
Universe
All persons

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