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

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GINTFIR Does the government interfere with an individual's right to worship? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) No   1) Some interference   2) Severe interference

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	144	60%	60%	-.74
Some interference	73	30.4%	90.4%	.76
Severe interference	23	9.6%	100%	2.26

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
No	56.7% 34	27.6% 16	75.0% 54	86.4% 19	100.0% 5	69.6% 16	60.0% 144
Some interference	35.0% 21	43.1% 25	23.6% 17	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	30.4% 7	30.4% 73
Severe interference	8.3% 5	29.3% 17	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.6% 23
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
No	100.0% 3	68.4% 80	28.3% 15	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	33.3% 6	54.1% 106
Some interference	0.0% 0	29.1% 34	47.2% 25	100.0% 1	50.0% 2	33.3% 6	34.7% 68
Severe interference	0.0% 0	2.6% 3	24.5% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	33.3% 6	11.2% 22
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
No	76.3% 71	59.3% 32	58.0% 29	27.9% 12	60.0% 144
Some interference	19.4% 18	29.6% 16	38.0% 19	46.5% 20	30.4% 73
Severe interference	4.3% 4	11.1% 6	4.0% 2	25.6% 11	9.6% 23
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
No	88.3% 128	33.3% 12	12.5% 4	0.0% 0	60.0% 144
Some interference	11.7% 17	63.9% 23	68.8% 22	40.7% 11	30.4% 73
Severe interference	0.0% 0	2.8% 1	18.8% 6	59.3% 16	9.6% 23
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
No	88.8% 111	49.1% 26	30.0% 6	2.4% 1	60.0% 144
Some interference	11.2% 14	39.6% 21	60.0% 12	61.9% 26	30.4% 73
Severe interference	0.0% 0	11.3% 6	10.0% 2	35.7% 15	9.6% 23
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
No	70.2% 85	31.3% 5	0.0% 0	32.4% 12	0.0% 0	100.0% 2	54.5% 104
Some interference	27.3% 33	62.5% 10	70.0% 7	35.1% 13	60.0% 3	0.0% 0	34.6% 66
Severe interference	2.5% 3	6.3% 1	30.0% 3	32.4% 12	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	11.0% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191