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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Christianity (ZA2016A_CHRISTIAN)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 235
End: 236
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.1] Demographics </span></p>

<p>[3.7.1.12] Which Christian denomination or church, if any, does the respondent identify with most closely?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Catholic<br />[] 2 Anglican/Episcopalian<br />[] 3 Baptist<br />[] 4 Lutheran<br />[] 5 Methodist<br />[] 6 Presbyterian<br />[] 7 Pentecostal/Evangelistic [e.g. Assemblies of God, Born Again, Church of God in Christ, Rhema Church, Apostolic faith mission, Prophetic ministry]<br />[] 8 African independent church/African initiated church [e.g. Zion Christian church, Apostolic church, African Nazareth Baptist church/Shembe]<br />[] 9 Jehovah's Witness<br />[] 10 Seventh day Adventist<br />[] 11 Mormon [e.g. Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints]<br />[] 12 Reformed Church [e.g. Dutch Reformed Church, Uniting Reformed Church, Christian Reformed Church]<br />[] 13 Just a Christian/Non-denominational<br />[] 14 Other<br />[] 15 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Catholic
02 Anglican or Episcopalian
03 Baptist
04 Lutheran
05 Methodist
06 Presbyterian
07 Pentecostal or Evangelistic (e.g. Assemblies of God, Born Again, Church of God in Christ, Rhema Church, Apostolic Faith Mission, Prophetic Ministry)
08 African Independent Church or African Initiated Church (e.g. Zion Christian Church, Apostolic Church, African Nazareth Baptist Church or Shembe)
09 Jehovahs Witness
10 Seventh Day Adventist
11 Mormon (e.g. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
12 Reformed church (e.g. Dutch Reformed Church, Uniting Reformed Church, Christian Reformed Church)
13 Just a Christian or non-denominational
14 Other
15 Do not know
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 type of Christianity beliefs the person has.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Persons who reported that their religious belief was Christianity [discrepancies: none]

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