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The 1970 Census of the Federal Republic Germany - IPUMS Subset

Germany, 1970
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DEU_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt), IPUMS
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Religion (DE1970A_RELIG)

Data file: DEU1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 139
End: 139
Width: 1
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
1 Protestant Church (excluding Free Church)
2 Free Protestant Church
3 Roman-Catholic Church
4 Other Christian communities
5 Jewish religious community
6 No community
7 Other religious communities
9 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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's religion (general version).
Universe
Germany 1970: All persons

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