International Religious Freedom Data, 2003

• Summary
• Codebook
• Search
• Download
• Results

LITERA03 According to the Report, does the Government control availability of religious scriptures?   0) No   1) Yes   2) Yes and confiscation, destruction or banning occurs

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	165	84.2%	84.2%	-.41
Yes	13	6.6%	90.8%	1.23
Yes and confiscation, destruction or banning occurs	18	9.2%	100%	2.86

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
No	94.5% 69	89.4% 42	71.1% 54	84.2% 165
Yes	5.5% 4	4.3% 2	9.2% 7	6.6% 13
Yes and confiscation, destruction or banning occurs	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	19.7% 15	9.2% 18
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
No	99.1% 113	82.0% 41	34.4% 11	84.2% 165
Yes	0.9% 1	8.0% 4	25.0% 8	6.6% 13
Yes and confiscation, destruction or banning occurs	0.0% 0	10.0% 5	40.6% 13	9.2% 18
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
No	98.0% 100	84.4% 38	55.1% 27	84.2% 165
Yes	2.0% 2	8.9% 4	14.3% 7	6.6% 13
Yes and confiscation, destruction or banning occurs	0.0% 0	6.7% 3	30.6% 15	9.2% 18
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
No	100.0% 48	76.5% 26	90.4% 47	35.0% 7	62.5% 5	94.1% 32	84.2% 165
Yes	0.0% 0	14.7% 5	1.9% 1	25.0% 5	0.0% 0	5.9% 2	6.6% 13
Yes and confiscation, destruction or banning occurs	0.0% 0	8.8% 3	7.7% 4	40.0% 8	37.5% 3	0.0% 0	9.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 34	100.0% 52	100.0% 20	100.0% 8	100.0% 34	196