Population and Housing Census 2010 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 2010
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MEX_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Religion (MX2010A_RELIG)
Data file: MEX2010_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
251
End:
256
Width:
6
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h3">III. Personal characteristics</span></p>
<p>Now I am going to ask you about (name): ________
<br />Copy the name of the person from section II</p>
<p><span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-10 are asked of all persons.]</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A415">9. Religion<br />What is [the respondent's] religion?<br /><div class="i1">Write the name of the religion ____</div><br /></svar>
<p>Now I am going to ask you about (name): ________
<br />Copy the name of the person from section II</p>
<p><span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-10 are asked of all persons.]</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A415">9. Religion<br />What is [the respondent's] religion?<br /><div class="i1">Write the name of the religion ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 110100 | Apostolic Roman Catholic |
| 110200 | Roman Catholic |
| 110300 | Catholic |
| 110400 | Augustinian |
| 110500 | Merciful Love |
| 110600 | Assumptionist |
| 110700 | Benedictine |
| 110800 | Capuchin |
| 110900 | Carmelite |
| 111000 | Discalced Carmelite |
| 111100 | Cistercian |
| 111200 | Claretian |
| 111300 | St. Viator Clerics |
| 111400 | Comboni |
| 111500 | Salesian Community |
| 111600 | Conception Franciscan |
| 111700 | Heart of Jesus |
| 111800 | Congregation of the Bayonenses Fathers |
| 111900 | Maronite Diocese of Mexico |
| 112000 | Dominican |
| 112100 | Greek-Melkite Catholic Eparchy |
| 112200 | Heavenly Father Eucharistic Hermit |
| 112300 | Servants of Mary Immaculate |
| 112400 | Piarist |
| 112500 | Eudist |
| 112600 | Franciscan |
| 112700 | Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (Lefebre) |
| 112800 | Guadalupan |
| 112900 | Diocesan Laborer Priests Brotherhood |
| 113000 | Brother of Our Lady of Consolation in the World |
| 113100 | Brother of St. John of God |
| 113200 | Fossores Brothers of the Holy Mercy |
| 113300 | Laborer Brothers of Mary |
| 113400 | Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul |
| 113500 | Daughters of the Immaculate Conception |
| 113600 | Daughers of Mary Help |
| 113700 | Daughters of St. Paul |
| 113800 | Daughters of the Divine Savior |
| 113900 | Daughters of the Holy Spirit |
| 114000 | Sons of the Sacred Family |
| 114100 | Sons of Mary Mother of the Church |
| 114200 | Hospitable of Saint John of God |
| 114300 | Latin Rite Catholic Church |
| 114400 | Mother Church |
| 114500 | Institute of the Incarnate Word |
| 114600 | Jerome |
| 114700 | Jesuit |
| 114800 | Lazarite |
| 114900 | Legionaries of Christ |
| 115000 | Loordista |
| 115100 | Mantellata Servant of Mary |
| 115200 | Merciful Mother of the Blessed Sacrament |
| 115300 | Marist |
| 115400 | Cross Missionary |
| 115500 | Divine Word Missionary |
| 115600 | Missionary Daughter Heart of Mary |
| 115700 | Guadalupan Missionary |
| 115800 | Missionary of the Immaculate Conception |
| 115900 | Missionary of the Holy Spirit |
| 116000 | Redemptorist Missionary |
| 116100 | Xaverian Missionary in the World |
| 116200 | Monk of Worship |
| 116300 | Our Lady of Consolation |
| 116400 | Work of Don Orione |
| 116500 | Laborer of the Kingdom of Christ |
| 116600 | Order of St. Benedict |
| 116700 | Passionist |
| 116800 | Pauline |
| 116900 | Little Work of Divine Providence |
| 117000 | Nun of the Assumption |
| 117100 | Nun of Our Lady of Sion |
| 117200 | Nun of Saint Joseph of Gerona |
| 117300 | Nun of the Sacred Heart |
| 117400 | Sacred Heart |
| 117500 | Salesian |
| 117600 | Saint Joseph of Tarbes |
| 117700 | Servant of the Lord and the Virgin |
| 117800 | Servant of Jesus |
| 117900 | Servant of Jesus of Charity |
| 118000 | Servant of the Passion |
| 118100 | Servant of Mary |
| 118200 | Servants of the Holy Family |
| 118300 | Society of St. Paul |
| 118400 | Society of St. Pius X |
| 118500 | Tertiary Capuchin Fathers of the Holy Family |
| 118600 | Ursuline of the Roman Union |
| 118700 | Vicentian |
| 120100 | Orthodox |
| 120200 | Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon's Martyrs |
| 120300 | Orthodox Apostolic Catholic Church |
| 120400 | Orthodox Catholic Church of the Patriarch of Moscow |
| 120500 | Greek Catholic Church |
| 120600 | Orthodox Catholic Church |
| 120700 | Traditional Christian |
| 120701 | Reformed Roman Catholic Church |
| 120702 | International Church of Christ |
| 120703 | Catholic Church of the Apostles of the later times |
| 120704 | Mexican National Catholic Church |
| 120705 | Tridentine Latin Rite Catholic Church |
| 120706 | Priestly Society Trento |
| 120707 | Mexican Catholic Union of Trento |
| 130100 | Anabaptist / Memnonite |
| 130200 | Anglican / Episcopal |
| 130300 | Baptist |
| 130400 | Calvinist |
| 130500 | Congregational |
| 130600 | Quakeress |
| 130700 | Church of the Nazarene |
| 130800 | Lutheran |
| 130900 | Methodist |
| 131000 | Presbyterian |
| 139999 | Protestant insufficiently specified |
| 140100 | Christian Frienship |
| 140101 | Assemblies of God |
| 140102 | House of Prayer |
| 140103 | Center of Faith, Hope and Love of the Missionary Revival Crusade |
| 140104 | Center of Faith, Hope and Love Agape Force |
| 140105 | Disciples of Christ |
| 140106 | Salvation Army |
| 140107 | Independent Pentecostal Fellowship |
| 140108 | Living Water Church |
| 140109 | Upper Chamber Church |
| 140110 | Faith Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ |
| 140111 | Spiritual Christian Church |
| 140112 | Pentecostal Evangelical Christian Church |
| 140113 | Independent Pentecostal Christian Church |
| 140114 | Interdenominational Christian Church |
| 140115 | Church of God |
| 140116 | Church of God of Prophecy |
| 140117 | Church of God Full Gospel in Mexico |
| 140118 | Church of Jesus Christ on the Rock |
| 140119 | Pentecostal Evangelical Church Council |
| 140120 | Christ Evangelical Pentecostal Church Rock of my Salvation |
| 140121 | Mexican Church of Christ's Gospel Pentecost |
| 140122 | United Pentecostal Church of Mexico |
| 140123 | Universal Church of the Kingdom of God |
| 140124 | Only Christ Savior Christian Church |
| 140125 | Independent Evangelical Pentecostal Movement |
| 140126 | Prince of Peace |
| 140127 | National Union of Evangelical Christian Churches (UNICE) |
| 140128 | Union of Independent Evangelical Churches |
| 140129 | National Union of Evangelical Pentecostal Emmanuel |
| 140130 | Other associations Pentecostal |
| 140200 | Church of the Living God, Pillar and Support of Truth, the Light of the World |
| 140201 | Bible Church |
| 140202 | Interdenominational Christian Church in Mexico |
| 140203 | Church of Christ |
| 140204 | Honey Church of Christ |
| 140205 | Independent Evangelical Church in Mexico |
| 140206 | Renewed Church of Jesus Christ and the Apostles of Divine Love |
| 140207 | Other Christian and Evangelical associations without Pentecostal support |
| 140301 | Pentecostal |
| 140302 | Christian |
| 140303 | Evangelical |
| 150100 | Seventh-day Adventists |
| 150200 | Church of Jesus Christ, of Saints, and the last days |
| 150300 | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| 210100 | Bahaism |
| 210200 | Buddhism |
| 210300 | Onkaranada Center |
| 210400 | Confucianism |
| 210500 | Hinduism |
| 210501 | Hare Krishna |
| 210600 | Jainism |
| 210700 | Shinto |
| 210800 | Taoism |
| 210900 | Zoroastrianism |
| 220100 | Jewish syncretistic Neo-Israeli movements |
| 220200 | Judaica |
| 230100 | Islamic |
| 230200 | Shia |
| 230300 | Jariya |
| 230400 | Sunni |
| 230500 | Sufism |
| 240100 | Agora |
| 240200 | Anthroposophy |
| 240300 | Tensegrity Centers |
| 240400 | Rainbow Community |
| 240500 | Fourth Way |
| 240600 | Essenes |
| 240700 | New Age Spirituality |
| 240800 | Great White Brotherhood |
| 240900 | Universal Great Brotherhood |
| 241000 | Arica Institute |
| 241100 | Christian Metaphysical |
| 241200 | New Acropolis |
| 250100 | Esoteric Science |
| 250200 | Gnosticism |
| 250300 | Masonry |
| 250400 | Metaphysics |
| 250500 | Occultism |
| 250600 | Rosicrucians |
| 250700 | Theosophy |
| 250800 | Wicca |
| 260100 | Shamanism |
| 260200 | The Custom |
| 260300 | God Huaxcam Xastacná |
| 260400 | In Kantonal, House of the Sun |
| 260500 | Mexicayotl |
| 260600 | Restorative Confederate Movement of Anahuac Culture |
| 260700 | African Origin |
| 260800 | Rastafarians |
| 260900 | Regina |
| 261000 | Toltecayotl |
| 261100 | Indigenous Religions |
| 270100 | Elias |
| 270200 | Spiritualistic |
| 270300 | Spiritualist |
| 270400 | Marian Trinitarian Spirituality |
| 270500 | Spirituality of the Third Age |
| 270600 | Christian Spiritual |
| 270700 | Judiciary Society Reign of Leonardo Alcalá Leos |
| 270800 | Spiritualist Faith, Hope and Charity, Jesus on the Mountain |
| 270900 | Spirituality for the Divine Master and the purity of Mary |
| 271000 | The Three Powers Father, Son and Holy Spirit |
| 271100 | Light and Hope |
| 271200 | Mexican Church Beautiful Woman Clothed with the Sun |
| 271300 | Holy Spirit, Purity, Love and Light |
| 280100 | Ananda Marga |
| 280200 | Christian Science |
| 280300 | Scientology or Dianetics |
| 280400 | Angelic contact |
| 280500 | Growing in Grace |
| 280600 | Eckankar |
| 280700 | Unification Church |
| 280800 | Transcendental Meditation |
| 280900 | Mission Branch |
| 281000 | Movement of Spiritual Inner Path of the Soul (MSIA) |
| 281100 | Raelian Movement |
| 281200 | Children of God |
| 281300 | Pacal Votan |
| 281400 | Palm Grove of Troy |
| 281500 | Spiritual Christian Spiritual Sacred Church of Tao |
| 281600 | Ascent Society (Ishayas) |
| 281700 | Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
| 289999 | Other new religious movements |
| 290100 | Faith Christian Church |
| 290200 | Traditional Apostolic Catholic Holy Church Mexico-USA |
| 290300 | Mexican Apostolic Catholic Church |
| 290400 | Worship of Jesus Malverde |
| 290500 | New Jerusalem |
| 290600 | Saint Pascual |
| 310000 | No religion |
| 310100 | No religious affiliation |
| 999999 | 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
<span class="h3">6.5 Section III. Characteristics of the people</span></p>
<p>In this section the information of the people who inhabit the dwelling, like the sex, age, level of studies, income, among others, is obtained.</p>
<p>Before requesting the information for each person, copy all the names in the spaces designated for them, and for each person start with the phrase: "Now I'm going to ask about (mention the name of the person you previously noted)", so that the informer knows about whom you will be asking the information.</p>
<p><span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-11 are for all persons.]</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A415"><span class="em">9. Religion</span><br />Write the name of the religion as the informer declares it, without using abbreviations.<br /><br />If the response is Protestant, Evangelical, or Christian, ask to which church, congregation, or religious denomination they ascribe, since these are not religions themselves but rather beliefs that include various religions.<br /><br />Example:<br />Interviewer: "What is Oscar's religion?"<br />Informer: "Protestant".<br />Interviewer: "To which church, congregation, or religious denomination does he belong?"<br />Informer: "He's a Jehovah's Witness".<br /><br />Insist in knowing the name of the religion taking care to not bother or make uncomfortable the informer, in the case that the response is generic, such as: "Independent", "That of his/her parents", "That of the neighborhood", among others.<br /></svar>
<p>In this section the information of the people who inhabit the dwelling, like the sex, age, level of studies, income, among others, is obtained.</p>
<p>Before requesting the information for each person, copy all the names in the spaces designated for them, and for each person start with the phrase: "Now I'm going to ask about (mention the name of the person you previously noted)", so that the informer knows about whom you will be asking the information.</p>
<p><span class="em">For all persons</span>
<br />[Questions 1-11 are for all persons.]</p>
<p><svar a="all" v="MX10A415"><span class="em">9. Religion</span><br />Write the name of the religion as the informer declares it, without using abbreviations.<br /><br />If the response is Protestant, Evangelical, or Christian, ask to which church, congregation, or religious denomination they ascribe, since these are not religions themselves but rather beliefs that include various religions.<br /><br />Example:<br />Interviewer: "What is Oscar's religion?"<br />Informer: "Protestant".<br />Interviewer: "To which church, congregation, or religious denomination does he belong?"<br />Informer: "He's a Jehovah's Witness".<br /><br />Insist in knowing the name of the religion taking care to not bother or make uncomfortable the informer, in the case that the response is generic, such as: "Independent", "That of his/her parents", "That of the neighborhood", among others.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable records the respondent's religion.
Universe
Mexico 2010: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |