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

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OSUBSDY How does the government subsidize (including in-kind) religion? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) No subsidies or all subsidies are equal   1) Cultural or historical legacies only   2) Only some religions are excluded   3) Subsidies only go to an approved set of religions   4) Only one religion is subsidized

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No subsidies or all subsidies are equal	83	34.6%	34.6%	-1.15
Cultural or historical legacies only	31	12.9%	47.5%	-.52
Only some religions are excluded	18	7.5%	55%	.1
Subsidies only go to an approved set of religions	59	24.6%	79.6%	.73
Only one religion is subsidized	49	20.4%	100%	1.36

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 subsidies or all subsidies are equal	36.7% 22	20.7% 12	33.3% 24	36.4% 8	40.0% 2	65.2% 15	34.6% 83
Cultural or historical legacies only	10.0% 6	8.6% 5	18.1% 13	22.7% 5	20.0% 1	4.3% 1	12.9% 31
Only some religions are excluded	13.3% 8	5.2% 3	4.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.4% 4	7.5% 18
Subsidies only go to an approved set of religions	20.0% 12	27.6% 16	33.3% 24	13.6% 3	40.0% 2	8.7% 2	24.6% 59
Only one religion is subsidized	20.0% 12	37.9% 22	11.1% 8	27.3% 6	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	20.4% 49
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 subsidies or all subsidies are equal	66.7% 2	37.6% 44	17.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.8% 5	30.6% 60
Cultural or historical legacies only	0.0% 0	12.8% 15	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.8% 5	10.2% 20
Only some religions are excluded	33.3% 1	8.5% 10	11.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.7% 17
Subsidies only go to an approved set of religions	0.0% 0	27.4% 32	32.1% 17	100.0% 1	75.0% 3	22.2% 4	29.1% 57
Only one religion is subsidized	0.0% 0	13.7% 16	39.6% 21	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	22.2% 4	21.4% 42
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 subsidies or all subsidies are equal	80.6% 75	13.0% 7	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	34.6% 83
Cultural or historical legacies only	12.9% 12	33.3% 18	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	12.9% 31
Only some religions are excluded	4.3% 4	11.1% 6	16.0% 8	0.0% 0	7.5% 18
Subsidies only go to an approved set of religions	2.2% 2	25.9% 14	64.0% 32	25.6% 11	24.6% 59
Only one religion is subsidized	0.0% 0	16.7% 9	18.0% 9	72.1% 31	20.4% 49
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 subsidies or all subsidies are equal	49.0% 71	22.2% 8	3.1% 1	11.1% 3	34.6% 83
Cultural or historical legacies only	15.9% 23	8.3% 3	9.4% 3	7.4% 2	12.9% 31
Only some religions are excluded	6.2% 9	19.4% 7	6.3% 2	0.0% 0	7.5% 18
Subsidies only go to an approved set of religions	20.0% 29	44.4% 16	28.1% 9	18.5% 5	24.6% 59
Only one religion is subsidized	9.0% 13	5.6% 2	53.1% 17	63.0% 17	20.4% 49
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 subsidies or all subsidies are equal	51.2% 64	22.6% 12	15.0% 3	9.5% 4	34.6% 83
Cultural or historical legacies only	17.6% 22	9.4% 5	15.0% 3	2.4% 1	12.9% 31
Only some religions are excluded	6.4% 8	13.2% 7	0.0% 0	7.1% 3	7.5% 18
Subsidies only go to an approved set of religions	16.8% 21	34.0% 18	40.0% 8	28.6% 12	24.6% 59
Only one religion is subsidized	8.0% 10	20.8% 11	30.0% 6	52.4% 22	20.4% 49
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 subsidies or all subsidies are equal	35.5% 43	25.0% 4	0.0% 0	29.7% 11	20.0% 1	50.0% 1	31.4% 60
Cultural or historical legacies only	10.7% 13	18.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	60.0% 3	0.0% 0	10.5% 20
Only some religions are excluded	7.4% 9	6.3% 1	20.0% 2	8.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.9% 15
Subsidies only go to an approved set of religions	31.4% 38	25.0% 4	40.0% 4	21.6% 8	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	28.8% 55
Only one religion is subsidized	14.9% 18	25.0% 4	40.0% 4	37.8% 14	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	21.5% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191