All Students at providers in Northern Ireland where EntryProfile.PERMADDCOUNTRY = XG.
Description
This field records the religious background that the student was brought up in.
Notes
Students should be asked the question about the religion in which they were brought up prior to being asked about their current religion or belief.
This data is required at entry to a student's Engagement and is not required to be maintained throughout a student's Engagement.
Reason Required
DfE (NI) has a requirement under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 to monitor and promote equality of opportunity in relation to services provided to students regardless of whether their religious background is Catholic, Protestant and Other Christian, Other religion or No religion.
Field Length
2
Quality Rules
Quality Rules to follow
Minimum Occurrence
0
Maximum Occurrence
1
Primary Key?
False
Valid Values
Code
Coding Frame Label
20
No religion
21
Buddhist
24
Christian - Roman Catholic
25
Christian - Presbyterian Church in Ireland
26
Christian - Church of Ireland
27
Christian - Methodist Church in Ireland
28
Christian - Other denomination
29
Hindu
30
Jewish
31
Muslim
33
Sikh
80
Any other religion or belief
98
Prefer not to say
99
Not available
Revision History
Coding Manual Version
Element Version
Notes
1.0.0
1.0
Valid Entry changes have been made following conversations with Statutory Customers regarding personal characteristics data.