International Religious Freedom Data, 2003

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COERCR03 According to the Report, does the Government coerce people to change their religion or forbid changing of religion?   0) No reports   1) Coerce   2) Forbid   3) Both coerce and forbid

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No reports	170	86.7%	86.7%	-.36
Coerce	7	3.6%	90.3%	1.03
Forbid	13	6.6%	96.9%	2.43
Both coerce and forbid	6	3.1%	100%	3.83

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 reports	93.2% 68	95.7% 45	75.0% 57	86.7% 170
Coerce	4.1% 3	2.1% 1	3.9% 3	3.6% 7
Forbid	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	15.8% 12	6.6% 13
Both coerce and forbid	1.4% 1	2.1% 1	5.3% 4	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
No reports	100.0% 114	90.0% 45	34.4% 11	86.7% 170
Coerce	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	21.9% 7	3.6% 7
Forbid	0.0% 0	8.0% 4	28.1% 9	6.6% 13
Both coerce and forbid	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	15.6% 5	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
No reports	99.0% 101	88.9% 40	59.2% 29	86.7% 170
Coerce	1.0% 1	8.9% 4	4.1% 2	3.6% 7
Forbid	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	24.5% 12	6.6% 13
Both coerce and forbid	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.2% 6	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
No reports	93.8% 45	82.4% 28	98.1% 51	45.0% 9	37.5% 3	100.0% 34	86.7% 170
Coerce	2.1% 1	14.7% 5	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 7
Forbid	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	40.0% 8	62.5% 5	0.0% 0	6.6% 13
Both coerce and forbid	4.2% 2	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	15.0% 3	0.0% 0	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