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Household Consumer Expenditure, NSS 57th Round : July 2001 - June 2002
NSS 57th Round

India, 2001 - 2002
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Reference ID
DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-57Rnd-Sch1.0-2001
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

Overview

Valid: 91700
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 84
End: 84
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the religion of the members of the household?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hinduism 71526
78%
2 Islam 11605
12.7%
3 Christianity 5072
5.5%
4 Sikhism 1572
1.7%
5 Jainism 712
0.8%
6 Buddhism 636
0.7%
7 Zoroastrianism 37
0%
9 Others 540
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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