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Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012

Lao PDR, 2011 - 2012
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LAO_2011_MICS-DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Lao Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund
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Feb 19, 2014
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Religion of household head (HC1A)

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 18843
Invalid: 1117
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 74
End: 74
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the religion of the head of this household?
Categories
Value Category
1 Buddhism
2 Christianity
3 Islam
4 Animist
6 Other religion
7 No religion
9 Missing
Sysmiss
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
Circle the code corresponding to the answer given. Make sure to get the religion, ethnicity or mother tongue/native language of the household head.

Survey Coordinators: Questions on religion, language and ethnicity should be adapted to the country-specific setting. These questions are intended to identify the sociocultural background of the households. Some sociocultural groups tend to be more vulnerable or disadvantaged than others. Depending on the criteria used in your country to differentiate between these groups, you may want to delete one or two of these questions if only one of them is sufficient, or add a similar question which uses a criterion other than religion, ethnic group or mother tongue. For instance, in some countries, asking about the religious sect may be necessary to differentiate between various groups.
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