International Religious Freedom Data, 2003

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GVTYPE03 According to the Report, what is the type of State or Official Religion?   0) Secular (or no state religion specified)   1) Atheistic   2) Christian   3) Islamic   4) Jewish   5) Buddhist   6) Nonsecular/Theistic   7) Hindu

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Secular (or no state religion specified)	143	73%	73%	-.55
Atheistic	4	2%	75%	.15
Christian	14	7.1%	82.1%	.86
Islamic	28	14.3%	96.4%	1.56
Jewish	1	.5%	96.9%	2.27
Buddhist	4	2%	99%	2.97
Nonsecular/Theistic	1	.5%	99.5%	3.67
Hindu	1	.5%	100%	4.38

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
Secular (or no state religion specified)	94.5% 69	76.6% 36	50.0% 38	73.0% 143
Atheistic	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	3.9% 3	2.0% 4
Christian	1.4% 1	10.6% 5	10.5% 8	7.1% 14
Islamic	2.7% 2	8.5% 4	28.9% 22	14.3% 28
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.5% 1
Buddhist	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	3.9% 3	2.0% 4
Nonsecular/Theistic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.5% 1
Hindu	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
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
Secular (or no state religion specified)	86.0% 98	70.0% 35	31.3% 10	73.0% 143
Atheistic	0.9% 1	2.0% 1	6.3% 2	2.0% 4
Christian	8.8% 10	4.0% 2	6.3% 2	7.1% 14
Islamic	0.9% 1	20.0% 10	53.1% 17	14.3% 28
Jewish	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Buddhist	2.6% 3	0.0% 0	3.1% 1	2.0% 4
Nonsecular/Theistic	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Hindu	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
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
Secular (or no state religion specified)	88.2% 90	75.6% 34	38.8% 19	73.0% 143
Atheistic	1.0% 1	4.4% 2	2.0% 1	2.0% 4
Christian	8.8% 9	6.7% 3	4.1% 2	7.1% 14
Islamic	0.0% 0	13.3% 6	44.9% 22	14.3% 28
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.5% 1
Buddhist	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	4.1% 2	2.0% 4
Nonsecular/Theistic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.5% 1
Hindu	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.5% 1
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
Secular (or no state religion specified)	87.5% 42	79.4% 27	76.9% 40	5.0% 1	12.5% 1	94.1% 32	73.0% 143
Atheistic	2.1% 1	5.9% 2	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 4
Christian	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	21.2% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 2	7.1% 14
Islamic	8.3% 4	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	90.0% 18	50.0% 4	0.0% 0	14.3% 28
Jewish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Buddhist	0.0% 0	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.0% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 4
Nonsecular/Theistic	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Hindu	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 34	100.0% 52	100.0% 20	100.0% 8	100.0% 34	196