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

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CHNG Was there a change in the status of respect for religious freedom? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) No change   1) Positive change   2) Negative change

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No change	177	90.3%	90.3%	-.31
Positive change	13	6.6%	96.9%	2.1
Negative change	6	3.1%	100%	4.5

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 change	90.7% 49	83.3% 45	90.9% 50	100.0% 20	100.0% 1	100.0% 12	90.3% 177
Positive change	5.6% 3	13.0% 7	5.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.6% 13
Negative change	3.7% 2	3.7% 2	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 54	100.0% 55	100.0% 20	100.0% 1	100.0% 12	196

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Atheism	Christian	Muslim	Jewish	Hindu	Other	TOTAL
No change	100.0% 3	94.9% 111	79.2% 42	100.0% 1	100.0% 4	88.9% 16	90.3% 177
Positive change	0.0% 0	3.4% 4	13.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.1% 2	6.6% 13
Negative change	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	7.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 6
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 change	90.8% 59	100.0% 46	87.2% 41	81.6% 31	90.3% 177
Positive change	7.7% 5	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	13.2% 5	6.6% 13
Negative change	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	5.3% 2	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 46	100.0% 47	100.0% 38	196

Government regulation of religion level (I-GVTREG)

	Low	Medium Low	Medium High	High	TOTAL
No change	98.1% 104	82.9% 29	84.4% 27	73.9% 17	90.3% 177
Positive change	0.9% 1	14.3% 5	6.3% 2	21.7% 5	6.6% 13
Negative change	0.9% 1	2.9% 1	9.4% 3	4.3% 1	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 35	100.0% 32	100.0% 23	196

Social regulation of religion level (I-SOCREG)

	Low	Medium Low	Medium High	High	TOTAL
No change	95.4% 83	90.4% 47	88.9% 16	79.5% 31	90.3% 177
Positive change	3.4% 3	5.8% 3	0.0% 0	17.9% 7	6.6% 13
Negative change	1.1% 1	3.8% 2	11.1% 2	2.6% 1	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 52	100.0% 18	100.0% 39	196

Political type (I-GVTTYP)

	Democracy	Restricted Democratic Practice	Monarchy	Authoritarian Regime	Totalitarian Regime	Colonial Dependency/Protectorate	TOTAL
No change	95.8% 115	87.5% 14	80.0% 8	81.1% 30	60.0% 3	100.0% 2	90.5% 172
Positive change	2.5% 3	12.5% 2	20.0% 2	8.1% 3	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	6.3% 12
Negative change	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	190