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

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DIVORCE Do divorce rights and/or adultery's legal status have anything to do with religion? (Grim and Finke, 2006)   0) No   1) Yes with no favoritism   2) Yes and favors men

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	167	85.2%	85.2%	-.41
Yes with no favoritism	2	1%	86.2%	1.03
Yes and favors men	27	13.8%	100%	2.47

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	87.0% 47	63.0% 34	96.4% 53	100.0% 20	100.0% 1	100.0% 12	85.2% 167
Yes with no favoritism	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2
Yes and favors men	13.0% 7	37.0% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.8% 27
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	100.0% 3	96.6% 113	60.4% 32	0.0% 0	75.0% 3	88.9% 16	85.2% 167
Yes with no favoritism	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2
Yes and favors men	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	39.6% 21	100.0% 1	25.0% 1	11.1% 2	13.8% 27
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	95.4% 62	91.3% 42	87.2% 41	57.9% 22	85.2% 167
Yes with no favoritism	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	2.6% 1	1.0% 2
Yes and favors men	4.6% 3	8.7% 4	10.6% 5	39.5% 15	13.8% 27
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	95.3% 101	85.7% 30	65.6% 21	65.2% 15	85.2% 167
Yes with no favoritism	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2
Yes and favors men	2.8% 3	14.3% 5	34.4% 11	34.8% 8	13.8% 27
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	97.7% 85	94.2% 49	77.8% 14	48.7% 19	85.2% 167
Yes with no favoritism	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2
Yes and favors men	0.0% 0	5.8% 3	22.2% 4	51.3% 20	13.8% 27
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	93.3% 112	75.0% 12	50.0% 5	75.7% 28	80.0% 4	100.0% 2	85.8% 163
Yes with no favoritism	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 2
Yes and favors men	5.0% 6	25.0% 4	50.0% 5	24.3% 9	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	13.2% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 16	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	190