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Housing and Population Census 1980-81 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1981
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PAK_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Population Census Organization, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Apr 22, 2011
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Religion (PK1981A_0405)

Data file: PAK1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 75
End: 75
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
7. Religion

[] 1 Muslim
[] 2 Ahmadi
[] 3 Christian
[] 4 Hindu
[] 5 Parsi
[] 6 Sikh
[] 7 Buddhist
[] 8 Other
Categories
Value Category
1 Muslim
2 Ahmadi
3 Christian
4 Hindu
5 Parsi
6 Sikh
7 Buddhist
8 Others
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
2.4.8. Column number 8 - Religion

You will ask for every person and enter the code of the religion given in answer.
The following are codes of religions:

[] 1 Muslims
[] 2 Ahmedi
[] 3 Christian
[] 4 Hindu
[] 5 Parsi
[] 6 Sikh
[] 7 Buddhist
[] 8 Others


Code "8" will be written for the religions that are not included in the above mentioned religions. If some person has no religion or he does not tell about his religion even then code "8" will be written.

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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