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Household Consumer Expenditure, July 2004 - June 2005
NSS 61st Round

India, 2004 - 2005
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Reference ID
DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-61Rnd-Sch1-July2004-June2005
Producer(s)
National Sample Survey Office
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Household Consumption Expenditure
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Religion (B3_q5)

Data file: Block 3 Part 1_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 124633
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 61
End: 61
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Which religion does the household belong to?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hinduism 95242
76.4%
2 Islam 14790
11.9%
3 Christianity 8571
6.9%
4 Sikhism 2993
2.4%
5 Jainism 393
0.3%
6 Buddhism 1328
1.1%
7 Zoroastrianism 28
0%
9 Others 1288
1%
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
The religion of the household will be recorded against this item in code. If different mem­bers of the household claim to belong to different religions, the religion of the head of the household will be considered as the religion of the household.
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