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

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I-GVTREG Goverment Regulation 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	145	60.4%	60.4%	-.71
Medium Low	36	15%	75.4%	.23
Medium High	32	13.3%	88.8%	1.17
High	27	11.3%	100%	2.11

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	50.0% 30	25.9% 15	77.8% 56	81.8% 18	100.0% 5	91.3% 21	60.4% 145
Medium Low	23.3% 14	13.8% 8	12.5% 9	18.2% 4	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	15.0% 36
Medium High	16.7% 10	27.6% 16	8.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.3% 32
High	10.0% 6	32.8% 19	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	11.3% 27
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	100.0% 3	74.4% 87	15.1% 8	100.0% 1	50.0% 2	27.8% 5	54.1% 106
Medium Low	0.0% 0	17.1% 20	22.6% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 3	17.9% 35
Medium High	0.0% 0	6.8% 8	34.0% 18	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	22.2% 4	16.3% 32
High	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	28.3% 15	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	33.3% 6	11.7% 23
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	80.6% 75	61.1% 33	50.0% 25	27.9% 12	60.4% 145
Medium Low	9.7% 9	14.8% 8	32.0% 16	7.0% 3	15.0% 36
Medium High	3.2% 3	16.7% 9	10.0% 5	34.9% 15	13.3% 32
High	6.5% 6	7.4% 4	8.0% 4	30.2% 13	11.3% 27
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	100.0% 145	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	60.4% 145
Medium Low	0.0% 0	100.0% 36	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.0% 36
Medium High	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 32	0.0% 0	13.3% 32
High	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 27	11.3% 27
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	91.2% 114	47.2% 25	15.0% 3	7.1% 3	60.4% 145
Medium Low	7.2% 9	26.4% 14	30.0% 6	16.7% 7	15.0% 36
Medium High	0.8% 1	17.0% 9	35.0% 7	35.7% 15	13.3% 32
High	0.8% 1	9.4% 5	20.0% 4	40.5% 17	11.3% 27
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	74.4% 90	31.3% 5	10.0% 1	18.9% 7	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	54.5% 104
Medium Low	13.2% 16	25.0% 4	20.0% 2	29.7% 11	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	17.8% 34
Medium High	10.7% 13	25.0% 4	40.0% 4	24.3% 9	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	16.2% 31
High	1.7% 2	18.8% 3	30.0% 3	27.0% 10	80.0% 4	0.0% 0	11.5% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191