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

India, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-63Rnd-Sch1.0-2006-07

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

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Household Consumption Expenditure

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Jan 18, 2018

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