International Religious Freedom Data, 2003

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PARTY03 According to the Report, what is the nature of political parties (in practice)?   0) All political parties are secular   1) Correlation between political party and religion   2) Political parties can be religious or secular   3) Political parties must be religious

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
All political parties are secular	158	80.6%	80.6%	-.45
Correlation between political party and religion	15	7.7%	88.3%	.86
Political parties can be religious or secular	17	8.7%	96.9%	2.17
Political parties must be religious	6	3.1%	100%	3.47

Variable Comparisons

Government favoritism of religion Government regulation of religion level Social regulation of religion level Region

Government favoritism of religion (I-GVTFAV)

	Low government favoritism	Medium government favoritism	High government favoritism	TOTAL
All political parties are secular	91.8% 67	80.9% 38	69.7% 53	80.6% 158
Correlation between political party and religion	5.5% 4	8.5% 4	9.2% 7	7.7% 15
Political parties can be religious or secular	2.7% 2	10.6% 5	13.2% 10	8.7% 17
Political parties must be religious	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.9% 6	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 47	100.0% 76	196

Government regulation of religion level (I-GVTREG)

	Low government regulation	Medium government regulation	High government regulation	TOTAL
All political parties are secular	84.2% 96	78.0% 39	71.9% 23	80.6% 158
Correlation between political party and religion	4.4% 5	14.0% 7	9.4% 3	7.7% 15
Political parties can be religious or secular	11.4% 13	4.0% 2	6.3% 2	8.7% 17
Political parties must be religious	0.0% 0	4.0% 2	12.5% 4	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 50	100.0% 32	196

Social regulation of religion level (I-SOCREG)

	Low social regulation	Medium social regulation	High social regulation	TOTAL
All political parties are secular	88.2% 90	80.0% 36	65.3% 32	80.6% 158
Correlation between political party and religion	3.9% 4	4.4% 2	18.4% 9	7.7% 15
Political parties can be religious or secular	7.8% 8	13.3% 6	6.1% 3	8.7% 17
Political parties must be religious	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	10.2% 5	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 45	100.0% 49	196

Region (I-REGION)

	Africa	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Eurasia	Near East and North Africa	South Asia	Western Hemisphere	TOTAL
All political parties are secular	93.8% 45	88.2% 30	76.9% 40	60.0% 12	37.5% 3	82.4% 28	80.6% 158
Correlation between political party and religion	6.3% 3	2.9% 1	13.5% 7	15.0% 3	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	7.7% 15
Political parties can be religious or secular	0.0% 0	8.8% 3	9.6% 5	5.0% 1	37.5% 3	14.7% 5	8.7% 17
Political parties must be religious	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 4	25.0% 2	0.0% 0	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 34	100.0% 52	100.0% 20	100.0% 8	100.0% 34	196