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Participation and Expenditure in Education, 2007-08
64th Round

India, 2007 - 2008
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Schedule 25.2
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Religion (RELIGION)

Data file: Block-3 Household characteristics

Overview

Valid: 100581
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 49
End: 49
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
Religion (code)
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hinduism 78157
77.7%
2 Islam 11808
11.7%
3 Christianity 1805
1.8%
4 Sikhism 745
0.7%
5 Jainism 6636
6.6%
6 Buddhism 1120
1.1%
7 Zoroastrianism 303
0.3%
8 No Response 7
0%
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 is to be recorded 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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