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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2004

Variable Details

Variablereligion
LabelReligion or church
Question text What is your religion or church?
Responses
1 None 1271
2 Baptist 74
3 Buddhist 24
4 Church of England/Wales/Scotland/Ireland 3645
5 Islam/Muslim 152
6 Hindu 76
7 Jain 2
8 Jehovah's Witness 17
9 Jewish 38
10 Methodist 239
11 Parsi/Zoroastrian 5
12 Pentecostal/Church of God/Church of Christ 52
13 Rastafarian 1
14 Roman Catholic 799
15 Seventh Day Adventist 14
16 Sikh 19
17 United Reformed/Presbyterian /Congregational 36
18 Other Christian 175
95 Other (specify) 49
-9 No answer/refused 14
-8 Don't know 2
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 1650
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2004
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ONE ONLY
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population and ethnic minority groups, living in private households in England.;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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