South African Census 1980
South Africa, 1980
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zaf-dos-census-1980-v1.3
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Department of Statistics (now Statistics South Africa)
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Religion (RELIGION)
Data file: SA Census 1980_Bophuthatswana_v1_2
Overview
Valid:
1512002
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
41
loc_end_pos:
42
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 38
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
10. Religion: State particular religious affiliation/denomination - not name of local congregation and not "Christian" only
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch Reformed Church | 139097 |
9.2%
|
| 2 | Reformed Church in S.A. | 7937 |
0.5%
|
| 3 | Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in S.A. | 1281 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Church of the Province of S.A. | 17717 |
1.2%
|
| 5 | Church of England in S.A. | 712 |
0%
|
| 6 | Church of England (as mentioned) | 10753 |
0.7%
|
| 7 | Anglican (as mentioned) | 73736 |
4.9%
|
| 8 | Methodist Church of S.A. | 187453 |
12.4%
|
| 9 | Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa | 11957 |
0.8%
|
| 10 | United Congregational Church of Southern Africa | 58904 |
3.9%
|
| 11 | Lutheran Churches | 187020 |
12.4%
|
| 12 | Roman Catholic | 135154 |
8.9%
|
| 13 | Apostolic Faith Mission of S.A. | 4060 |
0.3%
|
| 14 | Other Apostolic Churches | 2719 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | Baptist | 14734 |
1%
|
| 16 | Pentecostal Protestant Church | 2485 |
0.2%
|
| 17 | Faith Mission Healers | 181 |
0%
|
| 18 | Full Gospel Church | 8607 |
0.6%
|
| 19 | Greek Church | 182 |
0%
|
| 20 | Mormon (Latter Day Saints) | 449 |
0%
|
| 21 | Pentecostal Church | 8380 |
0.6%
|
| 22 | Salvation Army | 1201 |
0.1%
|
| 23 | Seventh Day Adventists | 4310 |
0.3%
|
| 24 | South African General Mission | 128 |
0%
|
| 25 | Swiss Church | 9550 |
0.6%
|
| 26 | Assemblies of God | 3828 |
0.3%
|
| 27 | Zion Christian Church (ZCC) | 98243 |
6.5%
|
| 28 | Other Black Independent Churches | 431703 |
28.6%
|
| 29 | Other Christian Churches | 10308 |
0.7%
|
| 30 | Jewish/Hebrew | 267 |
0%
|
| 31 | Buddhists | 23 |
0%
|
| 32 | Confucian | 24 |
0%
|
| 33 | Hindu | 22 |
0%
|
| 34 | Islam | 547 |
0%
|
| 35 | Other faiths | 743 |
0%
|
| 36 | Objection | 25146 |
1.7%
|
| 37 | No religion, no church (as stated) and Atheist | 2820 |
0.2%
|
| 38 | Unsure or not answered | 49621 |
3.3%
|
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.
Description
Definition
This variable records the religion of the individual household member.
Universe
Answer this part in respect of every person at midnight between 6 and 7 May 1980. (Only one person per column.)
Source of information
Household member