World Religion Project - National Religion Dataset - Codebook

All frequencies are raw numbers (no weights used).

1) Year (YEAR)
2) Correlates of War State Code (STATE) (COWCODE)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	449.60	258.31

3) ARDA country code (Note: 999 denotes no ARDA code) (ARDACODE)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	130.51	93.44

4) ISO 3-alpha (ISO3)
5) Numeric ISO (NUMISO)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1942	423.43	250.56

6) Country name (COUNTRY)
7) Christianity: Protestants, number of adherents (CHRSTPROT) (CHRSPROT)
8) Christianity: Roman Catholics, number of adherents (CHRSTCAT) (CHRSCAT)
9) Christianity: Eastern Orthodox, number of adherents (CHRSTORTH) (CHRSORTH)
10) Christianity: Anglican, number of adherents (CHRSTANG) (CHRSANG)
11) Christianity: Other, number of adherents (CHRSTOTHR) (CHRSOTHR)
12) Christianity: Total number of adherents (CHRSTGEN) (CHRSGEN)
13) Judaism: Orthodox, number of adherents (JUDORTH)
14) Judaism: Conservative, number of adherents (JDCONS)
15) Judaism: Reform, number of adherents (JUDREF)
16) Judaism: Other, number of adherents (JUDOTHR)
17) Judaism: Total number of adherents (JUDGEN)
18) Islam: Sunni, number of adherents (ISLMSUN)
19) Islam: Shi'a, number of adherents (ISLMSHI)
20) Islam: Ibadhi, number of adherents (ISLMIBD)
21) Islam: Nation of Islam, number of adherents (ISLMNAT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

22) Islam: Alawite, number of adherents (ISLMALW)
23) Islam: Ahmadiyya, number of adherents (ISLMAHM)
24) Islam: Other, number of adherents (ISLMOTHR)
25) Islam: Total number of adherents (ISLMGEN)
26) Buddhism: Mahayana, number of adherents (BUDMAH)
27) Buddhism: Theravada, number of adherents (BUDTHR)
28) Buddhism: Other, number of adherents (BUDOTHR)
29) Buddhism: Total number of adherents (BUDGEN)
30) Zoroastrian: Total number of adherents (ZOROGEN)
31) Hindu: Total number of adherents (HINDGEN)
32) Sikh: Total number of adherents (SIKHGEN)
33) Shinto: Total number of adherents (SHNTGEN)
34) Baha'i: Total number of adherents (BAHGEN)
35) Taoism: Total number of adherents (TAOGEN)
36) Jain: Total number of adherents (JAINGEN)
37) Confucianism: Total number of adherents (CONFGEN)
38) Syncretic religions: Total number of adherents (SYNCGEN)
39) Animist religions: Total number of adherents (ANMGEN)
40) Non-religious: Total number (NONRELIG)
41) Other religions: Total number of adherents (OTHRGEN)
42) Sum of religion adherents (SUMRELIG)
43) Total population (POP)
44) Christianity: Protestants, percentage adherents (CHRSTPROTPCT) (CHPRTPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.12	0.21

45) Christianity: Roman Catholics, percentage adherents (CHRSTCATPCT) (CHCATPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.31	0.36

46) Christianity: Eastern Orthodox, percentage adherents (CHRSTORTHPCT) (CHORTPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.05	0.17

47) Christianity: Anglican, percentage adherents (CHRSTANGPCT) (CHANGPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.02	0.07

48) Christianity: Other, percentage adherents (CHRSTOTHRPCT) (CHOTHPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.04	0.08

49) Christianity: Total percentage adherents (CHRSTGENPCT) (CHGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.55	0.39

50) Judaism: Orthodox, percentage adherents(JUDORTHPCT) (JDORPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.01	0.06

51) Judaism: Conservative, percentage adherents (JDCONSPCT) (JDCNPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

52) Judaism: Reform, percentage adherents (JUDREFPCT) (JDRFPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

53) Judaism: Other, percentage adherents (JUDOTHRPCT) (JDOTPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

54) Judaism: Total percentage adherents (JUDGENPCT) (JDGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.01	0.07

55) Islam: Sunni, percentage adherents (ISLMSUNPCT) (ISSUNPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.14	0.30

56) Islam: Shi'a, percentage adherents (ISLMSHIPCT) (ISSHIPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.03	0.12

57) Islam: Ibadhi, percentage adherents (ISLMIBDPCT) (ISIBDPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.04

58) Islam: Nation of Islam, percentage adherents (ISLMNATPCT) (ISNATPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

59) Islam: Alawite, percentage adherents (ISLMALWPCT) (ISALAPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.01

60) Islam: Ahmadiyya, percentage adherents (ISLMAHMPCT) (ISAHMPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

61) Islam: Other, percentage adherents (ISLMOTHRPCT) (ISLOTPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.07	0.18

62) Islam: Total percentage adherents (ISLMGENPCT) (ISGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.23	0.36

63) Buddhism: Mahayana, percentage adherents (BUDMAHPCT) (BUMAHPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.03

64) Buddhism: Theravada, percentage adherents (BUDTHRPCT) (BUTHRPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.01	0.10

65) Buddhism: Other, percentage adherents (BUDOTHRPCT) (BUOTHPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.03	0.13

66) Buddhism: Total percentage adherents (BUDGENPCT) (BUGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.04	0.16

67) Zoroastrian: Total percentage adherents (ZOROGENPCT) (ZOGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

68) Hindu: Total percentage adherents (HINDGENPCT) (HIGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.02	0.10

69) Sikh: Total percentage adherents (SIKHGENPCT) (SIGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

70) Shinto: Total percentage adherents (SHNTGENPCT) (SHGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.01	0.07

71) Baha'i: Total percentage adherents (BAHGENPCT) (BAGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

72) Taoism: Total percentage adherents (TAOGENPCT) (TAGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.01

73) Jain: Total percentage adherents (JAINGENPCT) (JAGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.00

74) Confucianism: Total percentage adherents (CONFGENPCT) (COGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.00	0.01

75) Syncretic religions: Total percentage adherents (SYNCGENPCT) (SYGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.02	0.10

76) Animist religions: Total percentage adherents (ANMGENPCT) (ANGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.06	0.13

77) Non-religious: Total percentage (NONRELIGPCT) (NORELPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.05	0.11

78) Other religions: Total percentage adherents (OTHRGENPCT) (OTGENPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	0.02	0.03

79) Sum of religious percentages (SUMRELIGPCT) (SUMPCT)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	1.00	0.09

80) Total population percentage check (SUMPCT + OTGENPCT + NORELPCT; should equal 1 unless DUALREL = 1) (TOTAL)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	1.01	0.08

81) Dual religion is a common practice (DUALRELIG) (DUALREL)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	1937	97.1
1) Yes	58	2.9
Total	1995	100.0

82) Type of data generation process (DATATYPE)

	TOTAL	%
1) From a single source	7	0.4
2) From multiple sources	21	1.1
4) Hand-adjusted to match trend	23	1.2
13) Some entries from a single source, some interpolated	46	2.3
23) Multiple entries interpolated	11	0.6
24) Multiple entries hand-adjusted to match trend	960	48.1
34) Interpolated and hand-adjusted to match trend	406	20.4
99) Sources unclear	13	0.7
123) Some from a single source, some from multiple sources, some interpolated	14	0.7
124) Some from a single source, some from multiple sources, some hand-adjusted to match trend	6	0.3
134) Some from a single source, some interpolated, some hand-adjusted to match trend	262	13.1
234) Some from multiple sources, some interpolated, some hand-adjusted to match trend	221	11.1
1234) Some from a single source, some from multiple sources, some interpolated, some hand-adjusted to match trend	5	0.3
Total	1995	100.0

83) Reliability estimate of sources [Values range from 1 (very high) to 10 (very low), and 99 denotes an interpolated value.] (SOURCERELIAB) (SRELIAB)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	14.51	28.05

84) Reliability of record, a function of the SOURCE and DATATYPE variables [Values range from 1 (very high) to 35 (very low)] (RECRELIAB) (RRELIAB)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	17.42	9.88

85) Level of reliability of record (RELIABLEV) (RELIAB)

	TOTAL	%
1) High	491	24.6
2) Medium	1250	62.7
3) Low	254	12.7
Total	1995	100.0

86) Source Code - see the download in the summary file for a detailed list of source (SOURCECOD) (SOURCECD)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	53.01	89.21

87) Version number of dataset (VERSION)

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Total	1995	1.10	0.00