Census of Population and Housing -1971
Sri Lanka, 1970 - 1971
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CPH-1971-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics, ,
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8.Religion (RELIGIONQ_13)
Data file: POP71
Overview
Valid:
12575809
Invalid:
42734
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
6
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
27
End:
27
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 6
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 28 |
0%
|
| 1 | Buddhist | 8471961 |
67.4%
|
| 2 | Hindu | 2196768 |
17.5%
|
| 3 | Muslim | 897223 |
7.1%
|
| 4 | Roman Catholic | 896706 |
7.1%
|
| 5 | Christian | 104895 |
0.8%
|
| 6 | Other | 8228 |
0.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 42734 |
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.