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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 1999

Variable Details

Variablereligion
LabelReligion or church
Question text What is your religion or church?
Responses
1 None 829
2 Baptist 87
3 Buddhist 129
4 Church of England/Wales/Scotland/Ireland 599
5 Islam/Muslim 2469
6 Hindu 581
7 Jain 11
8 Jehovah's Witness 53
9 Jewish 1
10 Methodist 97
11 Parsi/Zoroastrian 3
12 Pentecostal/Church of God/Church of Christ 142
13 Rastafarian 10
14 Roman Catholic 1124
15 Seventh Day Adventist 64
16 Sikh 400
17 United Reformed/Presbyterian /Congregational 36
18 Other Christian 154
19 Other (specify) 23
-9 Refusal (98) 22
-8 Don't know (99) 10
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 3415
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 1999
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE ONLY
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 2-15 years) living in private households in England;Adults;Children;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
We think this variable belongs to a group:
GSS secondary setting GSS Harmonised Principles
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