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

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OTHEREL2 Societal attitudes toward other or nontraditional religions are reported to be… (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) Open and tolerant   1) Discriminatory   2) Negative in some regions or toward some religious brands   3) Negative in some regions AND toward some religious brands   4) Hostile

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Open and tolerant	111	46.3%	46.3%	-.92
Discriminatory	28	11.7%	57.9%	-.15
Negative in some regions or toward some religious brands	62	25.8%	83.8%	.63
Negative in some regions AND toward some religious brands	23	9.6%	93.3%	1.4
Hostile	16	6.7%	100%	2.17

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
Open and tolerant	43.3% 26	27.6% 16	51.4% 37	68.2% 15	80.0% 4	56.5% 13	46.3% 111
Discriminatory	16.7% 10	12.1% 7	8.3% 6	9.1% 2	20.0% 1	8.7% 2	11.7% 28
Negative in some regions or toward some religious brands	13.3% 8	32.8% 19	31.9% 23	18.2% 4	0.0% 0	34.8% 8	25.8% 62
Negative in some regions AND toward some religious brands	18.3% 11	10.3% 6	6.9% 5	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.6% 23
Hostile	8.3% 5	17.2% 10	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.7% 16
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
Open and tolerant	66.7% 2	46.2% 54	20.8% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	38.9% 7	37.8% 74
Discriminatory	0.0% 0	10.3% 12	17.0% 9	100.0% 1	50.0% 2	5.6% 1	12.8% 25
Negative in some regions or toward some religious brands	33.3% 1	33.3% 39	22.6% 12	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	38.9% 7	30.6% 60
Negative in some regions AND toward some religious brands	0.0% 0	7.7% 9	17.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 3	10.7% 21
Hostile	0.0% 0	2.6% 3	22.6% 12	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	8.2% 16
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
Open and tolerant	69.9% 65	35.2% 19	34.0% 17	23.3% 10	46.3% 111
Discriminatory	3.2% 3	18.5% 10	20.0% 10	11.6% 5	11.7% 28
Negative in some regions or toward some religious brands	20.4% 19	29.6% 16	30.0% 15	27.9% 12	25.8% 62
Negative in some regions AND toward some religious brands	4.3% 4	13.0% 7	8.0% 4	18.6% 8	9.6% 23
Hostile	2.2% 2	3.7% 2	8.0% 4	18.6% 8	6.7% 16
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
Open and tolerant	66.9% 97	19.4% 7	12.5% 4	11.1% 3	46.3% 111
Discriminatory	9.0% 13	11.1% 4	28.1% 9	7.4% 2	11.7% 28
Negative in some regions or toward some religious brands	20.7% 30	36.1% 13	34.4% 11	29.6% 8	25.8% 62
Negative in some regions AND toward some religious brands	2.1% 3	25.0% 9	18.8% 6	18.5% 5	9.6% 23
Hostile	1.4% 2	8.3% 3	6.3% 2	33.3% 9	6.7% 16
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
Open and tolerant	80.0% 100	15.1% 8	15.0% 3	0.0% 0	46.3% 111
Discriminatory	7.2% 9	17.0% 9	20.0% 4	14.3% 6	11.7% 28
Negative in some regions or toward some religious brands	11.2% 14	50.9% 27	40.0% 8	31.0% 13	25.8% 62
Negative in some regions AND toward some religious brands	1.6% 2	11.3% 6	25.0% 5	23.8% 10	9.6% 23
Hostile	0.0% 0	5.7% 3	0.0% 0	31.0% 13	6.7% 16
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
Open and tolerant	43.0% 52	31.3% 5	30.0% 3	32.4% 12	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	38.2% 73
Discriminatory	13.2% 16	18.8% 3	20.0% 2	8.1% 3	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	13.1% 25
Negative in some regions or toward some religious brands	33.1% 40	25.0% 4	40.0% 4	16.2% 6	40.0% 2	50.0% 1	29.8% 57
Negative in some regions AND toward some religious brands	7.4% 9	18.8% 3	0.0% 0	21.6% 8	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	11.0% 21
Hostile	3.3% 4	6.3% 1	10.0% 1	21.6% 8	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	7.9% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191