Population Census 1996 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 1996
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Reference ID
ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center
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- ZAF1996-H-H
- ZAF1996-P-H
Religion (ZA1996A_0411)
Data file: ZAF1996-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
189
End:
190
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Section A:
To be completed for each person in the household in a separate column. Remember to include babies. Please include yourself.
7. ____ What is (the person's) religion, denomination or belief?
This question [7] is optional. Please state the complete name or official abbreviation e.g. Apostolic Faith Mission; Catholic Church; Dutch Reformed Church; Hindu Faith; Muslim Faith; Zion Christian Church, (ZCC).If no religion, write "none".
To be completed for each person in the household in a separate column. Remember to include babies. Please include yourself.
7. ____ What is (the person's) religion, denomination or belief?
This question [7] is optional. Please state the complete name or official abbreviation e.g. Apostolic Faith Mission; Catholic Church; Dutch Reformed Church; Hindu Faith; Muslim Faith; Zion Christian Church, (ZCC).If no religion, write "none".
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch Reformed churches |
| 2 | Reformed churches |
| 3 | Nederduits Hervormde Kerk |
| 4 | Anglican Church |
| 5 | Church of England in SA |
| 6 | International Fellowship of Christian Church |
| 7 | Methodist Church of SA |
| 8 | Presbyterian churches |
| 9 | United Congregational Church of SA |
| 10 | Lutheran Church of Southern Africa |
| 11 | Roman Catholic Church |
| 12 | Apostolic Faith Mission of SA |
| 13 | Other Apostolic churches |
| 14 | Baptist churches of Southern Africa |
| 15 | Pinkster Protestante Kerk |
| 16 | Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk |
| 17 | Full Gospel Church of God in Sthrn Africa |
| 18 | Greek Orthodox |
| 19 | Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints |
| 20 | Other Pentecostal churches |
| 21 | Salvation Army United Church |
| 22 | Seventh-Day Adventist Church |
| 23 | New Apostolic Church |
| 24 | Assemblies of God of SA |
| 25 | St Engena's Zion Christian Church |
| 26 | Zion Christian Church |
| 27 | Bandla Lama Nazaretha |
| 28 | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| 29 | St John's Apostolic Church |
| 30 | International Pentecost Church |
| 31 | Other African Independent churches |
| 32 | Other Christian churches |
| 33 | African traditional belief |
| 34 | Judaism |
| 35 | Buddhism |
| 36 | Taoist |
| 37 | Confucian |
| 38 | Hinduism |
| 39 | Islam |
| 40 | Bahais |
| 41 | New Age |
| 42 | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| 43 | Other Non-Christian religions |
| 44 | Other Methodist churches |
| 45 | Other Presbyterian churches |
| 46 | Other Congregational churches |
| 47 | Other Lutheran churches |
| 48 | Other Catholic churches |
| 49 | Other Baptist churches |
| 50 | Other Pentecostal churches |
| 51 | Other Orthodox churches |
| 52 | Other (Seventh-Day) Adventist churches |
| 53 | Other African Apostolic churches |
| 54 | Other Assemblies |
| 55 | Other Zionist churches |
| 57 | Christian Scientist |
| 58 | Christian centres |
| 59 | Ethiopian type churches |
| 60 | Ethnic churches |
| 61 | Other Evangelical churches |
| 62 | Other Charismatic churches |
| 63 | No religion |
| 64 | Refused |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's religion.
Universe
Persons in private households
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |