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

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FREEIR How is freedom of religion described? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) Law provides and government generally respects   1) Law provides and government respects but problems exist   2) Limited and./or rights not protected   3) Does not exist

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Law provides and government generally respects	121	50.4%	50.4%	-.86
Law provides and government respects but problems exist	67	27.9%	78.3%	.31
Limited and./or rights not protected	46	19.2%	97.5%	1.48
Does not exist	6	2.5%	100%	2.65

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
Law provides and government generally respects	45.0% 27	20.7% 12	63.9% 46	68.2% 15	100.0% 5	69.6% 16	50.4% 121
Law provides and government respects but problems exist	30.0% 18	27.6% 16	27.8% 20	31.8% 7	0.0% 0	26.1% 6	27.9% 67
Limited and./or rights not protected	25.0% 15	41.4% 24	8.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	19.2% 46
Does not exist	0.0% 0	10.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 6
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
Law provides and government generally respects	100.0% 3	53.8% 63	13.2% 7	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	33.3% 6	41.3% 81
Law provides and government respects but problems exist	0.0% 0	37.6% 44	30.2% 16	100.0% 1	25.0% 1	22.2% 4	33.7% 66
Limited and./or rights not protected	0.0% 0	8.5% 10	52.8% 28	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	22.2% 4	21.9% 43
Does not exist	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	22.2% 4	3.1% 6
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
Law provides and government generally respects	74.2% 69	48.1% 26	36.0% 18	18.6% 8	50.4% 121
Law provides and government respects but problems exist	17.2% 16	37.0% 20	46.0% 23	18.6% 8	27.9% 67
Limited and./or rights not protected	7.5% 7	14.8% 8	16.0% 8	53.5% 23	19.2% 46
Does not exist	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	9.3% 4	2.5% 6
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
Law provides and government generally respects	81.4% 118	5.6% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	50.4% 121
Law provides and government respects but problems exist	18.6% 27	75.0% 27	40.6% 13	0.0% 0	27.9% 67
Limited and./or rights not protected	0.0% 0	19.4% 7	59.4% 19	74.1% 20	19.2% 46
Does not exist	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	22.2% 6	2.5% 6
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
Law provides and government generally respects	83.2% 104	26.4% 14	5.0% 1	4.8% 2	50.4% 121
Law provides and government respects but problems exist	16.0% 20	45.3% 24	55.0% 11	28.6% 12	27.9% 67
Limited and./or rights not protected	0.0% 0	24.5% 13	40.0% 8	59.5% 25	19.2% 46
Does not exist	0.8% 1	3.8% 2	0.0% 0	7.1% 3	2.5% 6
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
Law provides and government generally respects	57.9% 70	31.3% 5	0.0% 0	13.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	41.9% 80
Law provides and government respects but problems exist	33.9% 41	43.8% 7	20.0% 2	32.4% 12	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	33.0% 63
Limited and./or rights not protected	8.3% 10	25.0% 4	70.0% 7	45.9% 17	80.0% 4	50.0% 1	22.5% 43
Does not exist	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	8.1% 3	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191