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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, Minnesota Population Center
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Religion (grouped) (ZA2001A_0413)

Data file: ZAF2001-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 211
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Section A: Information for persons in the household -- ask of everyone
[Section A of this form, each question has 10 answer rows for writing individual answers for up to 10 individuals in the household. Only the first is shown here, which is exactly the same as the other nine.]




P-08. Religion

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What is (the person's) religion, denomination, or belief? Please write the complete name. For example, Apostolic Faith Mission, Dutch Reformed Church, Hinduism, Islam, Zion Christian Church. If no religion, write none. Use capital letters only.
Categories
Value Category
1 Dutch reformed churches
2 Zion Christian churches
3 Catholic churches
4 Methodist churches
5 Pentecostal/Charismatic churches
6 Anglican churches
7 Apostolic Faith Mission
8 Lutheran churches
9 Presbyterian churches
10 Bandla Lama Nazaretha
11 Baptist churches
12 Congregational churches
13 Orthodox churches
14 Other Apostolic churches
15 Other Zionist churches
16 Ethiopian-type churches
17 Other Reformed churches
18 Other African independent churches
19 Otehr Christian churches
20 African traditional belief
21 Judaism
22 Hinduism
23 Islam
24 Other non-Christian churches
25 No religion
98 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.
Interviewer instructions
Question P-08 -- Religion

"What is (the person's) religion, denomination or belief?"

For babies, write the religion/denomination/belief of their parents. If the parents belong to different religions, write the mother's religion.

For the major faiths other than Christian simply write one of these terms: African Traditional, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Taoist, Bahai, New Age. The census does not collect data on the sub-groups of these faiths.

[P. 40]

If the respondent says he or she is a Christian, probe for denomination, e.g. Roman Catholic, Baptist, Apostolic Faith Mission, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk. (We do not want the name of the local parish, congregation or church building, such as "St. Alban's", "St. Paul's", "Bronberg Kerk", etc.)

Try to be as precise as possible. Be sure to distinguish, for example, between "Church of England in South Africa" and "Church of the Province of South Africa".

Write the answer in the boxes provided. These answers will be scanned and coded if possible. You have to be very careful in writing these answers. Use neat capital letters, keeping inside the boxes. Do not leave any spaces and do not use hyphens at the end of lines. If you run out of boxes do not worry. Just write as many letters as will fit.

If the respondent's denomination is Zion Christian Church, you will write

ZIONCH
RISTIA

Do not use any abbreviations.

If a person does not want to answer this question, do not persist but write "Refuses". If they say they have no religion, write "None".

Do not confuse "refuses to answer" with "none". "None" means the person does not have any religion; "refuses" means the person chooses not to answer. He/she may have no religion, or may have a religion but does not want to disclose it.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's religion within grouped religion categories.

This variable was created with the assistance of academics from the Unit for Religious Demographic Research (URDR) at the University of Stellenbosch. The variable groups certain religions, denominations or beliefs within a broader cluster or theological tradition and is recommended to users in preference to the full listing.
Universe
All persons

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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