Details of Element: Religion
Component of Activities and Attitudes Quest.

Unique Name: relig
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 2903 833 3736
Number of Distinct Participants 1400 633 2033
Year First Collected 1958 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1994 1994 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    0 Roman Catholic
    1 Greek Orthodox
    2 Jewish
    3 Protestant
    4 Other
    5 No Affiliation
    6 Atheist
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 6.
Masterfile Index: 501-01-46
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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