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

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GPOLIR Does the government policy contribute to the generally free practice of religion? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) Yes   1) Yes but exceptions are mentioned   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	133	55.4%	55.4%	-.85
Yes but exceptions are mentioned	27	11.3%	66.7%	.24
No	80	33.3%	100%	1.33

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
Yes	46.7% 28	17.2% 10	70.8% 51	81.8% 18	100.0% 5	91.3% 21	55.4% 133
Yes but exceptions are mentioned	10.0% 6	19.0% 11	11.1% 8	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	11.3% 27
No	43.3% 26	63.8% 37	18.1% 13	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	33.3% 80
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
Yes	66.7% 2	67.5% 79	15.1% 8	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	16.7% 3	48.0% 94
Yes but exceptions are mentioned	33.3% 1	11.1% 13	15.1% 8	100.0% 1	50.0% 2	5.6% 1	13.3% 26
No	0.0% 0	21.4% 25	69.8% 37	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	77.8% 14	38.8% 76
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
Yes	76.3% 71	59.3% 32	42.0% 21	20.9% 9	55.4% 133
Yes but exceptions are mentioned	6.5% 6	11.1% 6	20.0% 10	11.6% 5	11.3% 27
No	17.2% 16	29.6% 16	38.0% 19	67.4% 29	33.3% 80
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
Yes	90.3% 131	5.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	55.4% 133
Yes but exceptions are mentioned	6.9% 10	33.3% 12	15.6% 5	0.0% 0	11.3% 27
No	2.8% 4	61.1% 22	84.4% 27	100.0% 27	33.3% 80
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
Yes	84.8% 106	41.5% 22	25.0% 5	0.0% 0	55.4% 133
Yes but exceptions are mentioned	6.4% 8	9.4% 5	10.0% 2	28.6% 12	11.3% 27
No	8.8% 11	49.1% 26	65.0% 13	71.4% 30	33.3% 80
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
Yes	66.1% 80	37.5% 6	10.0% 1	16.2% 6	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	49.2% 94
Yes but exceptions are mentioned	13.2% 16	12.5% 2	20.0% 2	8.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.0% 23
No	20.7% 25	50.0% 8	70.0% 7	75.7% 28	100.0% 5	50.0% 1	38.7% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191