Census of Population of Ireland 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2002

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IRL_2002_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Religion (IE2002A_0427)

Data file: IRL2002-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 228

End: 228

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

12 What is your religion?

Check one box only.

[] 1 Roman Catholic
[] 2 Church of Ireland
[] 3 Presbyterian
[] 4 Methodist
[] 5 Islam
[] 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

12. What is your religion?

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

Question 12 provides information on the number of people of each religion or religious denomination. This question is asked in the census every ten years.
The religions listed have been chosen to cover the majority denominations. People are free to 6- Other and write in lapsed Catholic, lapsed Presbyterian, etc. if they wish.
The question does not refer to frequency of attendance at church.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's religion.

Universe

Persons present

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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