Data from the ARDA National Profiles, 2005 Update: Religion Indexes, Adherents and Other Data

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I-RELIGION Country's largest religion by percentage (Recoded for use with online analysis)   0) Atheism   1) Christian   2) Muslim   3) Jewish   4) Hindu   5) Other

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Atheism	3	1.5%	1.5%	-1.39
Christian	117	59.4%	60.9%	-.57
Muslim	54	27.4%	88.3%	.25
Jewish	1	.5%	88.8%	1.07
Hindu	4	2%	90.9%	1.9
Other	18	9.1%	100%	2.72

Variable Comparisons

Region Religion Government favoritism of religion Government regulation of religion level Social regulation of religion level Political type

Region (I-REGION)

	Africa	Asia	Europe	Latin America	North America	Oceania	TOTAL
Atheism	0.0% 0	3.7% 2	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 3
Christian	48.1% 26	14.8% 8	92.7% 51	95.0% 19	100.0% 1	100.0% 12	59.7% 117
Muslim	44.4% 24	50.0% 27	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.0% 53
Jewish	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Hindu	1.9% 1	3.7% 2	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 4
Other	5.6% 3	25.9% 14	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 54	100.0% 55	100.0% 20	100.0% 1	100.0% 12	196

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Atheism	Christian	Muslim	Jewish	Hindu	Other	TOTAL
Atheism	100.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 3
Christian	0.0% 0	100.0% 117	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	59.4% 117
Muslim	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 54	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.4% 54
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Hindu	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 4	0.0% 0	2.0% 4
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 18	9.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 117	100.0% 54	100.0% 1	100.0% 4	100.0% 18	197

Government favoritism of religion (I-GVTFAV)

	Low	Medium Low	Medium High	High	TOTAL
Atheism	1.5% 1	2.2% 1	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 3
Christian	66.2% 43	67.4% 31	59.6% 28	39.5% 15	59.7% 117
Muslim	18.5% 12	17.4% 8	29.8% 14	50.0% 19	27.0% 53
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	0.5% 1
Hindu	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 4
Other	13.8% 9	6.5% 3	6.4% 3	7.9% 3	9.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 46	100.0% 47	100.0% 38	196

Government regulation of religion level (I-GVTREG)

	Low	Medium Low	Medium High	High	TOTAL
Atheism	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 3
Christian	82.1% 87	57.1% 20	25.0% 8	8.7% 2	59.7% 117
Muslim	7.5% 8	34.3% 12	56.3% 18	65.2% 15	27.0% 53
Jewish	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Hindu	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	6.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 4
Other	4.7% 5	8.6% 3	12.5% 4	26.1% 6	9.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 35	100.0% 32	100.0% 23	196

Social regulation of religion level (I-SOCREG)

	Low	Medium Low	Medium High	High	TOTAL
Atheism	3.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 3
Christian	78.2% 68	69.2% 36	55.6% 10	7.7% 3	59.7% 117
Muslim	10.3% 9	15.4% 8	38.9% 7	74.4% 29	27.0% 53
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	0.5% 1
Hindu	1.1% 1	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	2.0% 4
Other	6.9% 6	13.5% 7	5.6% 1	10.3% 4	9.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 52	100.0% 18	100.0% 39	196

Political type (I-GVTTYP)

	Democracy	Restricted Democratic Practice	Monarchy	Authoritarian Regime	Totalitarian Regime	Colonial Dependency/Protectorate	TOTAL
Atheism	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Christian	80.0% 96	37.5% 6	10.0% 1	32.4% 12	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	61.1% 116
Muslim	9.2% 11	50.0% 8	80.0% 8	59.5% 22	20.0% 1	50.0% 1	26.8% 51
Jewish	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Hindu	3.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 4
Other	5.8% 7	12.5% 2	10.0% 1	8.1% 3	80.0% 4	0.0% 0	8.9% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	190