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1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981
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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Religion (CA1981A_RELIG)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 265
End: 266
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CA81A440">27. What is your religion?<br /><div class="i1">Mark one box only.<br />[] Roman Catholic<br />[] United Church<br />[] Anglican<br />[] Presbyterian<br />[] Lutheran<br />[] Baptist<br />[] Greek Orthodox<br />[] Jewish<br />[] Ukrainian Catholic<br />[] Pentecostal<br />[] Jehovah's Witnesses<br />[] Mennonite<br />[] Salvation Army<br />[] Islam<br />[] No religion<br />[] Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Roman Catholic
02 Other Catholic (Ukrainian, Polish National, others)
03 Anglican
04 Baptist
05 Lutheran
06 Mennonite and Hutterite
07 Pentecostal
08 Presbyterian
09 United Church
10 Jehovah's witnesses, Latter day Saints (Mormon), Reformed bodies, Salvation Army, other Protestant
11 Eastern Orthodox
12 Jewish
13 Eastern non-Christian
14 No religion or other
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 specific religious denominations, groups or bodies as well as other religiously defined communities or systems of belief.
Universe
Canada 1981: All persons, excluding inmates [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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