Mnemonic: ce_position_religion
Applicability: Person
Type: Derived variable
Definition
A usual resident of a communal establishment is either:
- someone who lives there
- someone who works and lives there
- someone who is a family member of staff that works there and lives there
This derived variable shows the different types of communal establishment residents and categorises them based on how they answered the religion question.
Classification
Total number of categories: 13
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Resident: Christian |
| 2 | Resident: Buddhist |
| 3 | Resident: Hindu |
| 4 | Resident: Jewish |
| 5 | Resident: Muslim |
| 6 | Resident: Sikh |
| 7 | Resident: Other religion |
| 8 | Resident: No religion |
| 9 | Resident: Religion not answered |
| 10 | Staff or owner |
| 11 | Family member or partner of staff or owner |
| 12 | Staying temporarily (no usual UK address) |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Students and schoolchildren living away during term-time.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Not comparable
This variable is new for Census 2021 and there is no comparability with the 2011 Census.
What does not comparable mean?
A variable that is not comparable means that it cannot be compared with a variable from the 2011 Census.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Not comparable
This variable is not comparable as the data is not available for all countries.
What does not comparable mean?
A variable that is not comparable means that it cannot be compared for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.
Census 2021 data that uses this variable
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