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Household Consumer Expenditure, July 2000 - June 2001
NSS 56th Round

India, 2000 - 2001
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Reference ID
DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-56Rnd-Sch1-July2000-June2001
Producer(s)
National Sample Survey Office
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Household Consumption Expenditure
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Religion (B3_q5)

Data file: Blocks 1,3,10_Household characteristics and perception of household regarding sufficiency of food

Overview

Valid: 81489
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 70
End: 70
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Which religion does the household belong to?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hinduism 62076
76.2%
2 Islam 12087
14.8%
3 Christianity 4160
5.1%
4 Sikhism 1651
2%
5 Jainism 476
0.6%
6 Buddhism 519
0.6%
7 Zoroastrianism 21
0%
9 Others 499
0.6%
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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