CEN Religious Affiliation Group1

Identifies the self-reported religious affiliation of the individual. Note: The group number for ethnicities, languages, and religions are not ranked, but are reported in ascending numerical order by code. This means the lowest code marked for a person is included in grp1. The survey question was presented as tickboxes. The use of tickboxes invalidates any reference to relative order.

Note: Religious affiliation is a variable of strong interest to religious organisations, social scientists, and can be used as an explanatory variable in studies on topics such as marriage formation and dissolution, fertility and income. In New Zealand, religious affiliation is of particular significance for data users interested in M?ori and in Pacific Island peoples. It is a variable of historical interest as well; religious affiliation has been collected in the New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings since 1851.