Population Census, 1996 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 1996
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Reference ID
ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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- ZAF1996_PHC-H-H
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Religion (ZA1996A_RELIG)
Data file: ZAF1996_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
195
End:
196
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h1">Section A:</span>
<br /><svar v="ZA96Z025 ZA96A037 ZA96A038 ZA96A039 ZA96A044 ZA96A045 ZA96A046 ZA96A047 ZA96A400 ZA96A404 ZA96A405 ZA96A406 ZA96A407 ZA96A408 ZA96A409 ZA96A410 ZA96A411 ZA96A412 ZA96A413 ZA96A414 ZA96A415 ZA96A416 ZA96A417 ZA96A418 ZA96A419 ZA96A420 ZA96A421 ZA96A422 ZA96A423 ZA96A424 ZA96A425 ZA96A426 ZA96A427 ZA96A447"><span class="em"><br />To be completed for each person in the household in a separate column. Remember to include babies. Please include yourself.<br /></span></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ZA96A411">7. ____ What is (the person's) religion, denomination or belief? <br /><div class="i1">This question [7] is optional. Please state the complete name or official abbreviation e.g. Apostolic Faith Mission; Catholic Church; Dutch Reformed Church; Hindu Faith; Muslim Faith; Zion Christian Church, (ZCC).If no religion, write "none".</div><br /></svar>
<br /><svar v="ZA96Z025 ZA96A037 ZA96A038 ZA96A039 ZA96A044 ZA96A045 ZA96A046 ZA96A047 ZA96A400 ZA96A404 ZA96A405 ZA96A406 ZA96A407 ZA96A408 ZA96A409 ZA96A410 ZA96A411 ZA96A412 ZA96A413 ZA96A414 ZA96A415 ZA96A416 ZA96A417 ZA96A418 ZA96A419 ZA96A420 ZA96A421 ZA96A422 ZA96A423 ZA96A424 ZA96A425 ZA96A426 ZA96A427 ZA96A447"><span class="em"><br />To be completed for each person in the household in a separate column. Remember to include babies. Please include yourself.<br /></span></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ZA96A411">7. ____ What is (the person's) religion, denomination or belief? <br /><div class="i1">This question [7] is optional. Please state the complete name or official abbreviation e.g. Apostolic Faith Mission; Catholic Church; Dutch Reformed Church; Hindu Faith; Muslim Faith; Zion Christian Church, (ZCC).If no religion, write "none".</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Dutch Reformed churches |
| 02 | Reformed churches |
| 03 | Nederduits Hervormde Kerk |
| 04 | Anglican Church |
| 05 | Church of England in SA |
| 06 | International Fellowship of Christian Church |
| 07 | Methodist Church of SA |
| 08 | Presbyterian churches |
| 09 | United Congregational Church of SA |
| 10 | Lutheran Church of Southern Africa |
| 11 | Roman Catholic Church |
| 12 | Apostolic Faith Mission of SA |
| 13 | Other Apostolic churches |
| 14 | Baptist churches of Southern Africa |
| 15 | Pinkster Protestante Kerk |
| 16 | Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk |
| 17 | Full Gospel Church of God in Sthrn Africa |
| 18 | Greek Orthodox |
| 19 | Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints |
| 20 | Other Pentecostal churches |
| 21 | Salvation Army United Church |
| 22 | Seventh-Day Adventist Church |
| 23 | New Apostolic Church |
| 24 | Assemblies of God of SA |
| 25 | St Engena's Zion Christian Church |
| 26 | Zion Christian Church |
| 27 | Bandla Lama Nazaretha |
| 28 | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| 29 | St John's Apostolic Church |
| 30 | International Pentecost Church |
| 31 | Other African Independent churches |
| 32 | Other Christian churches |
| 33 | African traditional belief |
| 34 | Judaism |
| 35 | Buddhism |
| 36 | Taoist |
| 37 | Confucian |
| 38 | Hinduism |
| 39 | Islam |
| 40 | Bahais |
| 41 | New Age |
| 42 | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| 43 | Other Non-Christian religions |
| 44 | Other Methodist churches |
| 45 | Other Presbyterian churches |
| 46 | Other Congregational churches |
| 47 | Other Lutheran churches |
| 48 | Other Catholic churches |
| 49 | Other Baptist churches |
| 50 | Other Pentecostal churches |
| 51 | Other Orthodox churches |
| 52 | Other (Seventh-Day) Adventist churches |
| 53 | Other African Apostolic churches |
| 54 | Other Assemblies |
| 55 | Other Zionist churches |
| 57 | Christian Scientist |
| 58 | Christian centres |
| 59 | Ethiopian type churches |
| 60 | Ethnic churches |
| 61 | Other Evangelical churches |
| 62 | Other Charismatic churches |
| 63 | No religion |
| 64 | Refused |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 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 person's religion.
Universe
South Africa 1996: Persons in private households [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]
concept
Concept