The 1970 Census of the Federal Republic Germany - IPUMS Subset
Germany, 1970
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Reference ID
DEU_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt), IPUMS
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Dec 22, 2014
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- DEU1970_PHC-H-H
- DEU1970_PHC-P-H
Other religious denominations, detailed (DE1970A_OTHRELIG)
Data file: DEU1970_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
140
End:
141
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="DE70A407 DE70A408">5. Religious denomination <br /><div class="i1">[] Protestant Church (excl. Free Church)<br />[] Free Protestant Church<br />[] Roman-Catholic Church<br />[] Other Christian communities</div><br /><div class="i2">If others, which? ____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Jewish religious community<br />[] No community<br />[] Other religious communities</div><br /><div class="i2">If others, which? ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Orthodox Church and special denominations ("sects") |
| 02 | Oriental National Churches and faction groups |
| 03 | Catholic Diocese and Old Catholic Church in Germany |
| 04 | Adventists |
| 05 | Jehovah's Witnesses and similar groups |
| 06 | The Christian Community / A Church |
| 07 | Christian Science |
| 08 | Catholic-apostolic |
| 09 | Mennonites |
| 10 | New Apostolic Church |
| 11 | Pentecostal Church |
| 12 | Other Christian-oriented special congregations |
| 13 | Other major religious groups |
| 14 | Covenant of Religious Humanism in Germany |
| 15 | German Unitarians |
| 16 | Monists and Freethinkers |
| 17 | Other world view communities |
| 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 religious denomination (detailed version) to which the person belongs.
Universe
Germany 1970: Persons in other christian or religious communities [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept