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

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FUNDRLS Does the government fund some things related to religion? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) No   1) Government gives support that probably includes funding   2) Yes but equal funding for each religion   3) Yes but funding is not equal for all

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	125	52.1%	52.1%	-.88
Government gives support that probably includes funding	17	7.1%	59.2%	-.03
Yes but equal funding for each religion	63	26.3%	85.4%	.83
Yes but funding is not equal for all	35	14.6%	100%	1.68

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	66.7% 40	41.4% 24	44.4% 32	45.5% 10	60.0% 3	69.6% 16	52.1% 125
Government gives support that probably includes funding	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	13.9% 10	4.5% 1	20.0% 1	17.4% 4	7.1% 17
Yes but equal funding for each religion	25.0% 15	29.3% 17	31.9% 23	22.7% 5	20.0% 1	8.7% 2	26.3% 63
Yes but funding is not equal for all	8.3% 5	27.6% 16	9.7% 7	27.3% 6	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	14.6% 35
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	33.3% 1	52.1% 61	34.0% 18	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	66.7% 12	48.0% 94
Government gives support that probably includes funding	33.3% 1	7.7% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	5.6% 1	6.1% 12
Yes but equal funding for each religion	33.3% 1	29.9% 35	35.8% 19	100.0% 1	25.0% 1	16.7% 3	30.6% 60
Yes but funding is not equal for all	0.0% 0	10.3% 12	30.2% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.1% 2	15.3% 30
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	94.6% 88	59.3% 32	10.0% 5	0.0% 0	52.1% 125
Government gives support that probably includes funding	5.4% 5	20.4% 11	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	7.1% 17
Yes but equal funding for each religion	0.0% 0	18.5% 10	80.0% 40	30.2% 13	26.3% 63
Yes but funding is not equal for all	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	8.0% 4	69.8% 30	14.6% 35
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	63.4% 92	36.1% 13	31.3% 10	37.0% 10	52.1% 125
Government gives support that probably includes funding	11.0% 16	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.1% 17
Yes but equal funding for each religion	19.3% 28	55.6% 20	37.5% 12	11.1% 3	26.3% 63
Yes but funding is not equal for all	6.2% 9	5.6% 2	31.3% 10	51.9% 14	14.6% 35
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	66.4% 83	47.2% 25	30.0% 6	26.2% 11	52.1% 125
Government gives support that probably includes funding	8.8% 11	11.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.1% 17
Yes but equal funding for each religion	17.6% 22	32.1% 17	50.0% 10	33.3% 14	26.3% 63
Yes but funding is not equal for all	7.2% 9	9.4% 5	20.0% 4	40.5% 17	14.6% 35
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	49.6% 60	56.3% 9	20.0% 2	45.9% 17	80.0% 4	50.0% 1	48.7% 93
Government gives support that probably includes funding	10.7% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.8% 13
Yes but equal funding for each religion	30.6% 37	25.0% 4	50.0% 5	24.3% 9	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	29.3% 56
Yes but funding is not equal for all	9.1% 11	18.8% 3	30.0% 3	29.7% 11	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	15.2% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191