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

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REGIST Does the government require religions to register? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) No   1) Yes but in a nondiscriminatory way   2) Yes in a discriminatory way

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	105	53.6%	53.6%	-.85
Yes but in a nondiscriminatory way	43	21.9%	75.5%	.35
Yes in a discriminatory way	48	24.5%	100%	1.54

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	40.7% 22	48.1% 26	72.7% 40	45.0% 9	100.0% 1	58.3% 7	53.6% 105
Yes but in a nondiscriminatory way	25.9% 14	16.7% 9	12.7% 7	45.0% 9	0.0% 0	33.3% 4	21.9% 43
Yes in a discriminatory way	33.3% 18	35.2% 19	14.5% 8	10.0% 2	0.0% 0	8.3% 1	24.5% 48
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	66.7% 2	60.7% 71	37.7% 20	100.0% 1	75.0% 3	44.4% 8	53.6% 105
Yes but in a nondiscriminatory way	33.3% 1	22.2% 26	24.5% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 3	21.9% 43
Yes in a discriminatory way	0.0% 0	17.1% 20	37.7% 20	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	38.9% 7	24.5% 48
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	50.8% 33	58.7% 27	48.9% 23	57.9% 22	53.6% 105
Yes but in a nondiscriminatory way	27.7% 18	10.9% 5	27.7% 13	18.4% 7	21.9% 43
Yes in a discriminatory way	21.5% 14	30.4% 14	23.4% 11	23.7% 9	24.5% 48
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	68.9% 73	28.6% 10	40.6% 13	39.1% 9	53.6% 105
Yes but in a nondiscriminatory way	20.8% 22	40.0% 14	15.6% 5	8.7% 2	21.9% 43
Yes in a discriminatory way	10.4% 11	31.4% 11	43.8% 14	52.2% 12	24.5% 48
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	69.0% 60	42.3% 22	27.8% 5	46.2% 18	53.6% 105
Yes but in a nondiscriminatory way	20.7% 18	23.1% 12	38.9% 7	15.4% 6	21.9% 43
Yes in a discriminatory way	10.3% 9	34.6% 18	33.3% 6	38.5% 15	24.5% 48
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	60.8% 73	43.8% 7	50.0% 5	29.7% 11	60.0% 3	50.0% 1	52.6% 100
Yes but in a nondiscriminatory way	25.0% 30	18.8% 3	10.0% 1	21.6% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	22.1% 42
Yes in a discriminatory way	14.2% 17	37.5% 6	40.0% 4	48.6% 18	40.0% 2	50.0% 1	25.3% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	190