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Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 63rd Round : July 2006 - June 2007
NSS 63rd Round

India, 2006 - 2007
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DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-63Rnd-Sch1.0-2006-07
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National Sample Survey Office
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Household Consumption Expenditure
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Religion (B3_q5)

Data file: Block 3_Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 63726
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 66
End: 66
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is your religion?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hinduism 50155
78.7%
2 Islam 7790
12.2%
3 Christianity 3513
5.5%
4 Sikhism 1150
1.8%
5 Jainism 321
0.5%
6 Buddhism 438
0.7%
7 Zoroastrianism 21
0%
9 Others 338
0.5%
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. The codes are:
Hinduism .......... 1 Jainism ................. 5
Islam ................. 2 Buddhism ............. 6
Christianity ........ 3 Zoroastrianism ...... 7
Sikhism .............. 4 others .................... 9
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