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Census of Population and Housing, 1972 - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 1972
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ISR_1972_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, IPUMS
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Religion (IL1972A_RELIG)

Data file: ISR1972_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 176
End: 176
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IL72A404">11. Is he/she<br /><div class="i1">[] 1. Jew<br />[] 2. Moslem<br />[] 3. Greek-Catholic<br />[] 4. Greek-Orthodox<br />[] 5. Latin (Catholic)<br />[] 6. Druze<br />[] Other Christian ____<br />[] Other ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Jewish
2 Moslems
3 Christian
4 Druse
5 Other
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
<svar a="all" v="IL72A404"><span class="em">Question 11: Is he/she: Jewish, Moslem etc.?</span><br /><br />Circle the appropriate number.<br />11a. If a person is Christian, belonging to a different congregation from the main three mentioned in the questionnaire, like Baptist, you have to write it on the dotted line without marking a circle,<br />Attention: there is no number near it (Other Christian category).<br />[The original form includes an illustration of the question's categories including: Jewish, Moslem, Catholic Greek, Orthodox Greek, Latino (Catholic), Other Christian]<br />Examples of Christian congregations: Armenian-Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Coptic Catholic, Anglican, Baptist (See supplementary list on page 96).<br /><br />11b. If the person is not Jewish, Moslem, Christian or Druze -- write down the group that he belongs to, on the dotted line at the end of question 11 -- "other" (like: Samaritan, Bahaman).<br />Here too, do not circle any number. (Attention, there is no number near the 'other' category).<br /><br />11c. If you encounter answers like Atheist, Canaanite, Israeli etc., write the answer given by the person, under 'other'.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's religion.
Universe
Israel 1972: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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