Codes and Frequencies
Description
RELIGION reports the religion of the household head, as reported by the respondent of the household questionnaire. Users should note that the respondent for the household questionnaire was not necessarily the household head.
The question associated with this variable was included in the household questionnaire.
Comparability
In most samples, the household respondent reports the religion of the household head, but the records of all members of the household are assigned the religion of the household head.
In some samples, only the record of the household head contains information about the household head's religion. All other household members are not in universe for this variable. See the Universe tab for more details.
Comparability with IPUMS-DHS
The IPUMS-PMA variable RELIGION is somewhat similar to the RELIGION variable in IPUMS-DHS. However, the RELIGION variable in IPUMS-DHS has many more categories and different codes, and this information was usually collected for additional household members (e.g., women of childbearing age), not just for the household head.
Universe
- Burkina Faso 2016 Round 4 Female and Household: All persons.
- Burkina Faso 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: All persons.
- Burkina Faso 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: All persons.
- Burkina Faso 2020 Female and Household: All persons.
- Burkina Faso 2021 Female and Household: All persons.
- Burkina Faso 2022 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2019 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2019 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2020 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2020 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) 2021 Female and Household: All persons.
- Congo Democratic Republic (Kongo Central) 2021 Female and Household: All persons.
- Cote D'Ivoire 2017 Round 1 Female and Household: All persons.
- Cote D'Ivoire 2018 Round 2 Female and Household: All persons.
- Cote D'Ivoire 2020 Female and Household: All persons.
- Cote D'Ivoire 2021 Female and Household: All persons.
- Ethiopia 2017 Round 5 Female and Household: All persons.
- Ethiopia 2018 Round 6 Female and Household: All persons.
- Ethiopia 2019 PMAET Female and Household: Heads of household.
- Ghana 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: Heads of household.
- Ghana 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: Heads of household.
- India 2016 (Rajasthan) Round 1 Female and Household: Heads of household.
- India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 2 Female and Household: All persons.
- India 2017 (Rajasthan) Round 3 Female and Household: All persons.
- India 2018 (Rajasthan) Round 4 Female and Household: All persons.
- India 2020 (Rajasthan) Female and Household: All persons.
- India 2021 (Rajasthan) Female and Household: All persons.
- Kenya 2016 Round 5 Female and Household: All persons.
- Kenya 2017 Round 6 Female and Household: All persons.
- Kenya 2018 Round 7 Female and Household: Heads of household.
- Kenya 2019 Female and Household: All persons.
- Kenya 2020 Female and Household: All persons.
- Kenya 2021 Female and Household: All persons.
- Niger 2020 Phase 1 Female and Household: All persons.
- Niger 2022 Phase 2 Female and Household: All persons.
- Nigeria 2017 Round 4 Female and Household: All persons.
- Nigeria 2017 (Oyo) Round 1 Female and Household: All persons.
- Nigeria 2018 Round 5 Female and Household: All persons.
- Nigeria 2019 (Kano) Female and Household: All persons.
- Nigeria 2019 (Lagos) Female and Household: All persons.
- Nigeria (Kano) 2020 Female and Household: All persons.
- Nigeria (Lagos) 2020 Female and Household: All persons.
- Nigeria (Kano) 2021 Female and Household: All persons.
- Nigeria (Lagos) 2021 Female and Household: All persons.
- Uganda 2021 Female and Household: All persons.
Availability
- Burkina Faso: 2016-2018, 2020-2022
- Congo (Democratic Republic): 2017-2021
- Cote d'Ivoire: 2017-2018, 2020-2021
- Ethiopia: 2017-2019
- Ghana: 2016-2017
- India: 2016-2018, 2020-2021
- Kenya: 2016-2021
- Niger: 2020, 2022
- Nigeria: 2017-2021
- Uganda: 2021
