WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethnic groups are populations of people who share common beliefs, cultural practices, history, religion, and language; in most cases such groups also share ancestry. Ethnic groups usually reside in a particular geographical area in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ethnic origin refers to the ethnic or cultural origins of the person’s ancestors. An ancestor is usually more distant than a grandparent. Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ethnic origin refers to a person’s ‘roots’ and should not be confused with citizenship, nationality, language or place of birth. For example, a person who has Canadian citizenship, speaks Panjabi (Punjabi) and was born in the United States may report Guyanese ethnic origin.

Detailed explanation-4: -An ethnic group is a human population whose members usually identify with each other on the basis of a common ancestry. People of an ethnic group are united by cultural practices, religious beliefs and historical memories.