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

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I-GVTFAV Government Favoritism of Religion Index (Grim and Finke, 2006) (Recoded for use with online analysis)   0) Low   1) Medium Low   2) Medium High   3) High

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Low	93	38.8%	38.8%	-1.04
Medium Low	54	22.5%	61.3%	-.16
Medium High	50	20.8%	82.1%	.72
High	43	17.9%	100%	1.61

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
Low	38.3% 23	32.8% 19	34.7% 25	40.9% 9	40.0% 2	65.2% 15	38.8% 93
Medium Low	36.7% 22	8.6% 5	22.2% 16	22.7% 5	40.0% 2	17.4% 4	22.5% 54
Medium High	13.3% 8	24.1% 14	29.2% 21	13.6% 3	20.0% 1	13.0% 3	20.8% 50
High	11.7% 7	34.5% 20	13.9% 10	22.7% 5	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	17.9% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 58	100.0% 72	100.0% 22	100.0% 5	100.0% 23	240

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Atheism	Christian	Muslim	Jewish	Hindu	Other	TOTAL
Low	33.3% 1	36.8% 43	22.6% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	50.0% 9	33.2% 65
Medium Low	33.3% 1	26.5% 31	15.1% 8	0.0% 0	75.0% 3	16.7% 3	23.5% 46
Medium High	33.3% 1	23.9% 28	26.4% 14	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	16.7% 3	24.0% 47
High	0.0% 0	12.8% 15	35.8% 19	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	16.7% 3	19.4% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 117	100.0% 53	100.0% 1	100.0% 4	100.0% 18	196

Government favoritism of religion (I-GVTFAV)

	Low	Medium Low	Medium High	High	TOTAL
Low	100.0% 93	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	38.8% 93
Medium Low	0.0% 0	100.0% 54	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	22.5% 54
Medium High	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 50	0.0% 0	20.8% 50
High	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 43	17.9% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 54	100.0% 50	100.0% 43	240

Government regulation of religion level (I-GVTREG)

	Low	Medium Low	Medium High	High	TOTAL
Low	51.7% 75	25.0% 9	9.4% 3	22.2% 6	38.8% 93
Medium Low	22.8% 33	22.2% 8	28.1% 9	14.8% 4	22.5% 54
Medium High	17.2% 25	44.4% 16	15.6% 5	14.8% 4	20.8% 50
High	8.3% 12	8.3% 3	46.9% 15	48.1% 13	17.9% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 145	100.0% 36	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	240

Social regulation of religion level (I-SOCREG)

	Low	Medium Low	Medium High	High	TOTAL
Low	56.8% 71	24.5% 13	20.0% 4	11.9% 5	38.8% 93
Medium Low	19.2% 24	35.8% 19	15.0% 3	19.0% 8	22.5% 54
Medium High	18.4% 23	24.5% 13	35.0% 7	16.7% 7	20.8% 50
High	5.6% 7	15.1% 8	30.0% 6	52.4% 22	17.9% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 125	100.0% 53	100.0% 20	100.0% 42	240

Political type (I-GVTTYP)

	Democracy	Restricted Democratic Practice	Monarchy	Authoritarian Regime	Totalitarian Regime	Colonial Dependency/Protectorate	TOTAL
Low	35.5% 43	31.3% 5	10.0% 1	32.4% 12	60.0% 3	50.0% 1	34.0% 65
Medium Low	25.6% 31	37.5% 6	10.0% 1	16.2% 6	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	23.6% 45
Medium High	25.6% 31	12.5% 2	30.0% 3	21.6% 8	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	23.6% 45
High	13.2% 16	18.8% 3	50.0% 5	29.7% 11	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	18.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191