| Help with Caste information for NFHS-3 [message #813] |
Fri, 04 October 2013 12:57  |
gopalakr@live.unc.edu
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Registered: October 2013
Location: Chapel Hill
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Hello,
I am trying to figure out the caste information and categories for India dataset (NFHS-3).
I want to create one variable that includes caste but also acknowledge people with no caste/tribe. How can I ensure all people in Hindus category can belong to either SC, ST, OBC and Other(General caste). I thought the total of non-Hindus should be equal to people with no caste or tribe. From my understanding, only Hindus have caste in India.
Can you clarify the discrepancy in the data?
For example, the table below shows 118040 people who reported their caste or tribe. However, there are only 89,957 Hindus (reported in the survey).
. tab s117
caste or tribe | Freq. Percent Cum.
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caste | 102,300 82.24 82.24
tribe | 15,740 12.65 94.90
no caste/tribe | 4,594 3.69 98.59
don't know | 1,706 1.37 99.96
9 | 45 0.04 100.00
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Total | 124,385 100.00
tab v130
religion | Freq. Percent Cum.
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hindu | 89,957 72.32 72.32
muslim | 16,742 13.46 85.78
christian | 10,977 8.83 94.61
sikh | 2,772 2.23 96.83
buddhist/neo-buddhist | 1,765 1.42 98.25
jain | 539 0.43 98.69
jewish | 11 0.01 98.70
parsi/zoroastrian | 3 0.00 98.70
no religion | 44 0.04 98.73
donyi polo | 385 0.31 99.04
other | 1,032 0.83 99.87
99 | 158 0.13 100.00
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Total | 124,385 100.00
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan
MPH Candidate, 2014
Department of Maternal and Child Health
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Lakshmi G
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