Census of Population of Ireland 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2011

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IRL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Religion (IE2011A_0425)

Data file: IRL2011-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 225

End: 225

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

12. What is your religion?

Mark one box only.

[] 1 Roman Catholic
[] 2 Church of Ireland
[] 3 Islam
[] 4 Presbyterian
[] 5 Orthodox
[] 6 Other, write in your religion ____
[] 7 No religion

Categories

Value	Category
1	Roman Catholic
2	Church of Ireland (including Protestant)
3	Other stated religions
4	No religion
8	Unknown
9	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.

Interviewer instructions

Question 12. Question 12 provides information on the number of people of each religion or religious denomination. Taken in conjunction with information on country of birth, nationality and ethnicity, information on religion will help complete the picture in relation to a changing society. The religions listed have been chosen to cover the most frequent responses given in the 2006 Census. This question does not refer to frequency of attendance at church.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's religion.

Universe

Present persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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