South African Census 2001

South Africa, 2001

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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Religion (p08_rlg)

Data file: SA Census 2001 Person_v1

Overview

Valid: 3725655

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 49

End: 50

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

p08. What is (the person's) religion, denomination, or belief?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Dutch Reformed Churches	245252	6.6%
2	Reformed Churches	8243	0.2%
3	Nederduits Hervormde Kerk	8203	0.2%
4	Anglican Church	137012	3.7%
5	Church of England in South Africa	8669	0.2%
6	International Fellowship of Christian Churches	6808	0.2%
7	Methodist Church of South Africa	244196	6.6%
8	Presbyterian Churches	59251	1.6%
9	United Congregational Church of South Africa	21957	0.6%
10	Lutheran Church of Southern Africa	91176	2.4%
11	Roman Catholic Church	261172	7%
12	Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa	20419	0.5%
13	Other Apostolic Churches	421129	11.3%
14	Baptist Churches of Southern Africa	29182	0.8%
15	Pinkster Protestante Kerk	4303	0.1%
16	Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk	1206	0%
17	Full Gospel Church of God in Southern Africa	25914	0.7%
18	Orthodox Churches	0	0%
19	Church of Christ of Latter Day South Africaints	1335	0%
20	Pentecostal Churches	3376	0.1%
21	South Africalvation Army United Church	4832	0.1%
22	Seventh-Day Adventist Church	13081	0.4%
23	New Apostolic Church	1409	0%
24	Assemblies of God of South Africa	37165	1%
25	St Engenas Zion Christian Church	2064	0.1%
26	Zion Christian Church	413171	11.1%
27	Bandla Lama Nazaretha	20369	0.5%
28	African Methodist Episcopal Church	23119	0.6%
29	St John's Apostolic Church	44602	1.2%
30	International Pentecost Church	19051	0.5%
31	Other African Independent Churches	53617	1.4%
32	Other Christian Churches	239899	6.4%
33	African Traditional Belief	10686	0.3%
34	Judaism	6188	0.2%
35	Buddhism	329	0%
36	Taoist	33	0%
37	Confucian	88	0%
38	Hinduism	46141	1.2%
39	Islam	56167	1.5%
40	Bahais	139	0%
41	Other Non-Christian Church	0	0%
42	Jehovah?s Witnesses	20797	0.6%
43	Other Non-Christian Religions	984	0%
44	Other Methodist Churches	9534	0.3%
45	Other Presbyterian Churches	11397	0.3%
46	Other Congregational Churches	20303	0.5%
47	Other Lutheran Churches	5023	0.1%
48	Other Catholic Churches	2466	0.1%
49	Other Baptist Churches	27676	0.7%
50	Other Pentecostal Churches	64580	1.7%
51	Other Orthodox Churches	3367	0.1%
52	Other (Seventh-Day) Adventist Churches	6431	0.2%
53	Other African Apostolic Churches	2486	0.1%
54	Other Assemblies	13827	0.4%
55	Other Zionist Churches	156402	4.2%
56	Church of the Nazarene	0	0%
57	Christian Scientist	397	0%
58	Christian Centres	24538	0.7%
59	Ethiopian-type Churches	62392	1.7%
60	Ethnic Churches	10206	0.3%
61	Other Evangelical Churches	86760	2.3%
62	Other Charismatic Churches	1047	0%
63	No Religion	552090	14.8%
64	Refused	1022	0%
65	Other	2083	0.1%
99	Unspecified	48894	1.3%

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

Household member's religion

Universe

All individuals in all enumerated households

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