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

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MISSION Does the government fund religious practice or mission work? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) No   1) Yes but equal funding for each religion   2) Yes but funding is not equal for all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	220	91.7%	91.7%	-.3
Yes but equal funding for each religion	1	.4%	92.1%	1.54
Yes but funding is not equal for all	19	7.9%	100%	3.38

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	86.7% 52	89.7% 52	93.1% 67	95.5% 21	100.0% 5	100.0% 23	91.7% 220
Yes but equal funding for each religion	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Yes but funding is not equal for all	11.7% 7	10.3% 6	6.9% 5	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.9% 19
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	100.0% 3	94.9% 111	83.0% 44	0.0% 0	75.0% 3	94.4% 17	90.8% 178
Yes but equal funding for each religion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Yes but funding is not equal for all	0.0% 0	5.1% 6	15.1% 8	100.0% 1	25.0% 1	5.6% 1	8.7% 17
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	100.0% 93	96.3% 52	84.0% 42	76.7% 33	91.7% 220
Yes but equal funding for each religion	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Yes but funding is not equal for all	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	16.0% 8	23.3% 10	7.9% 19
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	95.2% 138	88.9% 32	84.4% 27	85.2% 23	91.7% 220
Yes but equal funding for each religion	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Yes but funding is not equal for all	4.1% 6	11.1% 4	15.6% 5	14.8% 4	7.9% 19
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	97.6% 122	88.7% 47	85.0% 17	81.0% 34	91.7% 220
Yes but equal funding for each religion	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
Yes but funding is not equal for all	1.6% 2	11.3% 6	15.0% 3	19.0% 8	7.9% 19
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	93.4% 113	87.5% 14	70.0% 7	86.5% 32	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	90.6% 173
Yes but equal funding for each religion	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Yes but funding is not equal for all	6.6% 8	6.3% 1	30.0% 3	13.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.9% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191