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

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GVFUNDS What is the nature of government funding to the religious sector? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) No funding reported   1) Has a proportional balance   2) Has an imbalance

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No funding reported	100	41.7%	41.7%	-1.12
Has a proportional balance	26	10.8%	52.5%	-.06
Has an imbalance	114	47.5%	100%	1

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 funding reported	50.0% 30	37.9% 22	33.3% 24	50.0% 11	20.0% 1	52.2% 12	41.7% 100
Has a proportional balance	6.7% 4	3.4% 2	15.3% 11	4.5% 1	40.0% 2	26.1% 6	10.8% 26
Has an imbalance	43.3% 26	58.6% 34	51.4% 37	45.5% 10	40.0% 2	21.7% 5	47.5% 114
Only goes to one religion or belief	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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 funding reported	33.3% 1	41.9% 49	30.2% 16	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	55.6% 10	39.3% 77
Has a proportional balance	0.0% 0	9.4% 11	7.5% 4	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	5.6% 1	8.7% 17
Has an imbalance	66.7% 2	48.7% 57	62.3% 33	100.0% 1	50.0% 2	38.9% 7	52.0% 102
Only goes to one religion or belief	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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 funding reported	89.2% 83	27.8% 15	4.0% 2	0.0% 0	41.7% 100
Has a proportional balance	9.7% 9	25.9% 14	6.0% 3	0.0% 0	10.8% 26
Has an imbalance	1.1% 1	46.3% 25	90.0% 45	100.0% 43	47.5% 114
Only goes to one religion or belief	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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 funding reported	49.0% 71	27.8% 10	25.0% 8	40.7% 11	41.7% 100
Has a proportional balance	14.5% 21	11.1% 4	3.1% 1	0.0% 0	10.8% 26
Has an imbalance	36.6% 53	61.1% 22	71.9% 23	59.3% 16	47.5% 114
Only goes to one religion or belief	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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 funding reported	53.6% 67	34.0% 18	20.0% 4	26.2% 11	41.7% 100
Has a proportional balance	12.8% 16	11.3% 6	5.0% 1	7.1% 3	10.8% 26
Has an imbalance	33.6% 42	54.7% 29	75.0% 15	66.7% 28	47.5% 114
Only goes to one religion or belief	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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 funding reported	41.3% 50	37.5% 6	20.0% 2	37.8% 14	60.0% 3	50.0% 1	39.8% 76
Has a proportional balance	11.6% 14	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	5.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.9% 17
Has an imbalance	47.1% 57	62.5% 10	70.0% 7	56.8% 21	40.0% 2	50.0% 1	51.3% 98
Only goes to one religion or belief	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191