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Household Consumer Expenditure, July 1987 - June 1988
NSS 43rd Round

India, 1987 - 1988
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Reference ID
DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-43Rnd-Sch1.0-1987
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National Sample Survey Office
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Household Consumption Expenditure
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Religion (B3_1_q4)

Data file: Blocks 1,3 and 10 - Household Characteristics

Overview

Valid: 127986
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
0 Not reported 18
0%
1 Hinduism 99968
78.1%
2 Islam 15425
12.1%
3 Christianity 6520
5.1%
4 Sikhism 3093
2.4%
5 Jainism 545
0.4%
6 Buddhism 1011
0.8%
7 Zoroastrianism 62
0%
9 Others 1344
1.1%
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 codes. 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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