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

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CONV2 What are the social attitudes towards conversions to other religions? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) No problems reported   1) Some tension   2) Negative   3) Hostile

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No problems reported	161	67.1%	67.1%	-.65
Some tension	21	8.8%	75.8%	.4
Negative	47	19.6%	95.4%	1.45
Hostile	11	4.6%	100%	2.5

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 problems reported	61.7% 37	29.3% 17	90.3% 65	86.4% 19	100.0% 5	78.3% 18	67.1% 161
Some tension	8.3% 5	6.9% 4	6.9% 5	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	21.7% 5	8.8% 21
Negative	25.0% 15	51.7% 30	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	19.6% 47
Hostile	5.0% 3	12.1% 7	0.0% 0	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.6% 11
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 problems reported	100.0% 3	85.5% 100	24.5% 13	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	44.4% 8	63.8% 125
Some tension	0.0% 0	9.4% 11	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	16.7% 3	8.2% 16
Negative	0.0% 0	4.3% 5	60.4% 32	100.0% 1	25.0% 1	33.3% 6	23.0% 45
Hostile	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	13.2% 7	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	5.6% 1	5.1% 10
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 problems reported	83.9% 78	74.1% 40	60.0% 30	30.2% 13	67.1% 161
Some tension	6.5% 6	7.4% 4	12.0% 6	11.6% 5	8.8% 21
Negative	8.6% 8	13.0% 7	26.0% 13	44.2% 19	19.6% 47
Hostile	1.1% 1	5.6% 3	2.0% 1	14.0% 6	4.6% 11
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 problems reported	89.0% 129	55.6% 20	25.0% 8	14.8% 4	67.1% 161
Some tension	8.3% 12	11.1% 4	9.4% 3	7.4% 2	8.8% 21
Negative	2.1% 3	30.6% 11	62.5% 20	48.1% 13	19.6% 47
Hostile	0.7% 1	2.8% 1	3.1% 1	29.6% 8	4.6% 11
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 problems reported	95.2% 119	64.2% 34	35.0% 7	2.4% 1	67.1% 161
Some tension	4.0% 5	18.9% 10	15.0% 3	7.1% 3	8.8% 21
Negative	0.8% 1	17.0% 9	45.0% 9	66.7% 28	19.6% 47
Hostile	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	23.8% 10	4.6% 11
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 problems reported	81.0% 98	43.8% 7	10.0% 1	37.8% 14	40.0% 2	50.0% 1	64.4% 123
Some tension	9.1% 11	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	8.1% 3	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	8.4% 16
Negative	9.1% 11	37.5% 6	80.0% 8	40.5% 15	40.0% 2	50.0% 1	22.5% 43
Hostile	0.8% 1	12.5% 2	10.0% 1	13.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.7% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	191