Religious Human Rights NGOs

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All frequencies are raw numbers (no weights used).

1) The organization's most recent name, as of 2011. (ORG_NAME) (ORGNAME)

2) Many NGOs have offices and/or operations in multiple countries. This variable refers to the country that the NGO identifies as the location of its headquarters (or, in some cases, 'international branch' or similar designation). (CNTRY_HEADQRTR) (CNTRYHDQ)

3) Does the NGO or parent organization have a website? (HAS_WBST) (HASWEBST)

	TOTAL	%
0) No. A current website could not be located. Information was taken solely from HRI	309	48.3
1) Yes. The NGO or parent organization has a functioning website (as of 2011)	331	51.7
TOTAL	640	100.0

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4) Whether the information from the NGO or parent organization's website was used in coding (CODED_WBST) (CODWEBST)

	TOTAL	%
0) No. All information was taken from HRI or other online directories.	325	50.8
1) Yes. The information from the NGO or parent organization's website was used in coding.	315	49.2
TOTAL	640	100.0

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5) Quality/Amount of information (INFO_QUALITY) (INFOQUAL)

	TOTAL	%
1) Poor	95	14.8
2) Just okay	215	33.6
3) Good	330	51.6
TOTAL	640	100.0

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6) Year that the organization or HR program was established (YEAR_ESTAB) (YEARESTB)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	640	1522.673	821

7) Some HR programs were affiliated with pre-existing organizations. This variable refers to the date this pre-existing organization was founded. However, not all programs had identifiable parent organizations, and among those that did, quite often the date of the parent organization's founding could not be located. (YEAR_PRNT_ESTB) (YPRNTEST)

	TOTAL	%
1831)	1	1.9
1834)	1	1.9
1843)	2	3.7
1855)	2	3.7
1909)	1	1.9
1919)	2	3.7
1920)	1	1.9
1921)	1	1.9
1924)	1	1.9
1925)	1	1.9
1931)	1	1.9
1936)	1	1.9
1942)	1	1.9
1943)	1	1.9
1944)	1	1.9
1945)	1	1.9
1947)	1	1.9
1948)	4	7.4
1950)	1	1.9
1952)	1	1.9
1955)	6	11.1
1957)	5	9.3
1962)	1	1.9
1963)	2	3.7
1966)	1	1.9
1968)	4	7.4
1972)	1	1.9
1973)	1	1.9
1975)	1	1.9
1977)	1	1.9
1980)	1	1.9
1981)	2	3.7
1983)	1	1.9
1991)	1	1.9
Missing	586
TOTAL	54	100.0

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8) Is Program Defunct? (PROG_DEFUNCT) (PRGDEFUN)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	421	65.8
1) Yes	63	9.8
9) Not sure	156	24.4
TOTAL	640	100.0

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9) Religious Identity and 2nd Religious Identity (RELIGID1 and RELIGID2): These two variables refer to the faith tradition(s) that the organization explicitly identifies as relevant to its organizational identity or mission. Some groups identified as 'interfaith' (multiple distinct religions) or 'ecumenical' (multiple denominations within Christianity). (REL_IDENT) (RELIGID1)

	TOTAL	%
1) Ecumenical	160	25.0
2) Catholic	174	27.2
3) Christian Unspecified	88	13.8
4) Jewish	33	5.2
5) Muslim	24	3.8
6) Buddhist	14	2.2
7) Interfaith	27	4.2
8) Presbyterian	6	0.9
9) Seventh Day Adventist	5	0.8
10) Quaker	7	1.1
11) Protestant Unspecified	11	1.7
12) Orthodox	4	0.6
13) Anglican	5	0.8
14) Evangelical	15	2.3
15) Baha'i'	1	0.2
16) Baptist	4	0.6
17) Coptic	1	0.2
18) Jewish and Christian	3	0.5
19) Methodist	6	0.9
20) Church of Christ	1	0.2
21) Lutheran	7	1.1
22) Pentecostal	1	0.2
23) Episcopalian	3	0.5
24) Hare Krishna	1	0.2
25) Hindu	1	0.2
26) Mennonite	2	0.3
27) Sikh	2	0.3
28) Unitarian	5	0.8
29) United Church of Canada	1	0.2
30) United Church of Christ	1	0.2
31) Netherlands Reformed Church	1	0.2
99) Non-sectarian	1	0.2
999) Not sure	25	3.9
TOTAL	640	100.0

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10) Religious Identity and 2nd Religious Identity (RELIGID1 and RELIGID2): These two variables refer to the faith tradition(s) that the organization explicitly identifies as relevant to its organizational identity or mission. Some groups identified as 'interfaith' (multiple distinct religions) or 'ecumenical' (multiple denominations within Christianity). (REL_IDENT2) (RELIGID2)

	TOTAL	%
12) Orthodox	4	0.6
14) Evangelical	1	0.2
16) Baptist	1	0.2
19) Methodist	1	0.2
21) Lutheran	4	0.6
99) N/A	629	98.3
TOTAL	640	100.0

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11) Affiliation with Religious Institution (INST_AFFIL) (INSTAFFL)

	TOTAL	%
0) No evidence of formal affiliation with a formal religious organization or institution.	256	40.0
1) The organization is itself a religious organization, such as a church, temple, yearly meeting (Quaker), etc., or the organization is itself a 'council of churches,' 'conference of bishops,' or other organizational structure that represents a formal alliance of church bodies or other religious equivalents.	83	13.0
2) The 'organization' is actually a program of a church, temple, synagogue, council of churches, etc.	189	29.5
3) The organization is a Roman Catholic 'justice and peace commission' inspired by Vatican II, usually led by bishops.	38	5.9
4) The organization has been formally recognized by the Holy See as an International Catholic Organization (ICO).	13	2.0
9) Not clear, but some evidence suggests that it is probably a religious organization or a program of a religious organization (1, 2, 3 or 4).	61	9.5
TOTAL	640	100.0

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12) Evidence of Religious Association: Religion is mentioned in the NGO's name (REL_NAME) (RELNAME)

	TOTAL	%
0) No, neither a particular religion nor religion in general is explicitly mentioned in the NGO's name	89	13.9
1) Yes, a particular religion, or religion in general is explicitly mentioned in the NGO's name	233	36.4
9) N/A	318	49.7
TOTAL	640	100.0

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13) Evidence of Religious Association: Inspired by Religion (REL_INSPIRE) (RELINSP)

	TOTAL	%
0) No, evidence was not found that the NGO identifies its human rights mission as rooted in the teachings of a particular religion or religions.	214	33.4
1) Yes, evidence was found that the NGO identifies its human rights mission as rooted in the teachings of a particular religion or religions.	108	16.9
9) N/A	318	49.7
TOTAL	640	100.0

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14) Evidence of Religious Association: Religious Activities (REL_ACTIV) (RELACTIV)

	TOTAL	%
0) No, evidence did not suggest that the NGO engages in activities such as prayer, worship, observance of religious practice, or religious teaching. There were no scriptural or other explicitly religious references on the organization's website.	216	33.8
1) Yes, the NGO engages in activities such as prayer, worship, observance of religious practice, religious teaching, or the use of religious references (such as scripture) on its website.	106	16.6
9) N/A	318	49.7
TOTAL	640	100.0

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15) Evidence of Religious Association: Religious Mobilization (REL_MOBILIZE) (RELMOBIL)

	TOTAL	%
0) No, evidence was not found that the mobilization of religious persons, whether clergy or laity, around human rights concerns was among the NGO's activities.	119	18.6
1) Yes, evidence was found that the mobilization of religious persons, whether clergy or laity, around human rights concerns was among the NGO's activities. This would also include organizations that were founded by clergy (priests, nuns, rabbis, etc.).	203	31.7
9) N/A	318	49.7
TOTAL	640	100.0

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16) Evidence of Religious Association: Evangelism (EVANG_PRES) (EVANGPRE)

	TOTAL	%
0) No, there was no evidence suggesting the organization engages in some attempt to share its religion with others.	236	36.9
1) Yes, there was evidence suggesting the organization engages in some attempt to share its religion with others.	86	13.4
9) N/A	318	49.7
TOTAL	640	100.0

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17) Type Evidence of Evangelism (EVANG_TYPE) (EVANGTYP)

	TOTAL	%
1) Seeking Converts or New Members of Religion	28	4.4
2) Religious Education Only	26	4.1
3) Social Evangelism Only	18	2.8
4) Distribution of Religious Materials Only	6	0.9
9) Not applicable	554	86.6
23) Engages in both Religious Education and Social Evangelism.	6	0.9
24) Engages in both Religious Education and Distribution of Religious Materials.	2	0.3
TOTAL	640	100.0

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18) Consultative Status (UN_CNSLT) (UNCNSLT)

	TOTAL	%
0) No. The organization does not have UN consultative status.	431	67.3
1) Yes. The organization does have UN consultative status.	73	11.4
2) The organization does not itself have consultative status but is a formal entity of the Roman Catholic Church, which itself has observer (quasi-state) status at the UN.	121	18.9
3) The organization does not itself have consultative status but is a 'child' (e.g. program) of a parent organization that does have UN consultative status.	15	2.3
TOTAL	640	100.0

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19) The year the organization was granted consultative status. (UN_CNSLT_YEAR) (UNCNSLTY)

	TOTAL	%
8) Not sure. The organization has consultative status, but the year it was obtained could not be located.	1	0.2
9) Not applicable (neither the organization nor its parent has consultative status).	431	67.3
99) The organization does not itself have consultative status, but is a formal entity of the Roman Catholic Church, which itself has observer (quasi-state) status at the UN.	124	19.4
1947) 1947	6	0.9
1948) 1948	5	0.8
1949) 1949	2	0.3
1951) 1951	1	0.2
1952) 1952	4	0.6
1967) 1967	1	0.2
1969) 1969	1	0.2
1970) 1970	2	0.3
1972) 1972	1	0.2
1973) 1973	1	0.2
1974) 1974	2	0.3
1975) 1975	1	0.2
1979) 1979	6	0.9
1982) 1982	1	0.2
1983) 1983	1	0.2
1985) 1985	6	0.9
1987) 1987	1	0.2
1989) 1989	1	0.2
1995) 1995	5	0.8
1996) 1996	5	0.8
1997) 1997	9	1.4
1998) 1998	7	1.1
1999) 1999	1	0.2
2000) 2000	3	0.5
2001) 2001	1	0.2
2002) 2002	1	0.2
2003) 2003	1	0.2
2004) 2004	5	0.8
2005) 2005	1	0.2
2006) 2006	1	0.2
2007) 2007	1	0.2
TOTAL	640	100.0

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20) Type of Consultative Status: (UN_CNSLT_TYPE) (UNCNSTYP)

	TOTAL	%
1) General	16	2.5
2) Special	57	8.9
3) Roster	15	2.3
4) The organization does not itself have consultative status, but is formal entity of the Roman Catholic Church, which itself has observer (quasi-state) status at the UN.	121	18.9
8) N/A	431	67.3
TOTAL	640	100.0

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21) Human Rights Focus: Non-Religious Human Rights (HR1) (HRNONREL)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	82	12.8
1) Yes	555	86.7
9) No info	3	0.5
TOTAL	640	100.0

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22) Human Rights Focus: Religious Freedom (HR2) (HRRELFRD)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	480	75.0
1) Yes	157	24.5
9) No info	3	0.5
TOTAL	640	100.0

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23) Human Rights Focus: Human rights for a particular religion (HR3) (HRRELGRP)

	TOTAL	%
0) None. Does not focus on human rights for a particular religious group.	530	82.8
1) Jewish	33	5.2
2) Muslim	14	2.2
3) Buddhist	7	1.1
4) Christian unspecified	30	4.7
5) Baha'i'	2	0.3
6) Presbyterian	2	0.3
7) Baptist	1	0.2
8) Coptic	1	0.2
9) Catholic	4	0.6
10) Protestant unspecified	1	0.2
11) Evangelical	1	0.2
12) Orthodox	3	0.5
13) Jewish and Christian	2	0.3
14) Hare Krishna	2	0.3
15) Sikh	1	0.2
16) Dalit	1	0.2
17) Jews and Palestinians	1	0.2
24) Muslim and Christian	1	0.2
99) Not sure (no info)	3	0.5
TOTAL	640	100.0

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24) Human Rights Focus: Right to Evangelize (HR4) (HREVANG)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	569	88.9
1) Yes	68	10.6
9) No info	3	0.5
TOTAL	640	100.0

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25) Human Rights Focus: Indigenous Rights (HR5) (HRINDIGE)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	623	97.3
1) Yes	14	2.2
9) No info	3	0.5
TOTAL	640	100.0

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26) Country Focus (CNTYFCS1, CNTYFCS2, CNTYFCS3): There are three 'country focus' variables, which account for organizational focuses on up to three individual countries. The individual countries are not themselves coded (instead the actual names of the countries are in the dataset). Organizations that focus on more than three countries are coded as '3,' and information is provided on the regions on which they focus. (CNTRY_FOCUS) (CNTYFCS1)

27) Country Focus (CNTYFCS1, CNTYFCS2, CNTYFCS3): There are three 'country focus' variables, which account for organizational focuses on up to three individual countries. The individual countries are not themselves coded (instead the actual names of the countries are in the dataset). Organizations that focus on more than three countries are coded as '3,' and information is provided on the regions on which they focus. (CNTRY_FOCUS2) (CNTYFCS2)

28) Country Focus (CNTYFCS1, CNTYFCS2, CNTYFCS3): There are three 'country focus' variables, which account for organizational focuses on up to three individual countries. The individual countries are not themselves coded (instead the actual names of the countries are in the dataset). Organizations that focus on more than three countries are coded as '3,' and information is provided on the regions on which they focus. (CNTRY_FOCUS3) (CNTYFCS3)

29) Region Focus (REGNFCS1, REGNFCS2, REGNFCS3): For organizations that focus on more than three countries, three 'regional focus' variables were created. (REGION_FOCUS) (REGNFCS1)

	TOTAL	%
1) Africa	36	5.6
2) Latin America and/or Caribbean	31	4.8
3) Former USSR	19	3.0
4) Central, Southern, or Western Asia	14	2.2
5) East or South-East Asia	1	0.2
6) Eastern Europe only	4	0.6
7) Europe	2	0.3
8) Oceania	3	0.5
33) More than three regions.	178	27.8
99) N/A	352	55.0
TOTAL	640	100.0

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30) Region Focus (REGNFCS1, REGNFCS2, REGNFCS3): For organizations that focus on more than three countries, three 'regional focus' variables were created. (REGION_FOCUS2) (REGNFCS2)

	TOTAL	%
1) Africa	2	0.3
2) Latin America and/or Caribbean	4	0.6
3) Former USSR	1	0.2
4) Central, Southern, or Western Asia	4	0.6
5) East or South-East Asia	17	2.7
6) Eastern Europe only	5	0.8
7) Europe	3	0.5
99) N/A	604	94.4
TOTAL	640	100.0

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31) Region Focus (REGNFCS1, REGNFCS2, REGNFCS3): For organizations that focus on more than three countries, three 'regional focus' variables were created. (REGION_FOCUS3) (REGNFCS3)

	TOTAL	%
1) Africa	1	0.2
4) Central, Southern, or Western Asia	2	0.3
5) East or South-East Asia	2	0.3
99) N/A	634	99.2
Missing	1
TOTAL	639	100.0

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32) Original Case Number: The original case numbers, combined with the variables ORGTIE and DUPLTYPE (see below) allow users to link HR programs with the religious organizations that sponsor them in cases where both the organization and the program were listed in the directory (see above and below). (CASE_NUM) (CASENUM)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	640	417.964	232

33) Number of Branches: For international organizations that were coded as either '0' or '4' for the variable INSTAFFL (Affiliation with Religious Institution) this variable refers the number of countries in which the organization has branches. (NUM_BRANCHES) (NUMBRNCH)

	TOTAL	%
1)	5	10.9
2)	1	2.2
3)	4	8.7
4)	3	6.5
5)	2	4.3
7)	1	2.2
8)	2	4.3
10)	1	2.2
14)	1	2.2
15)	2	4.3
18)	1	2.2
28)	1	2.2
29)	1	2.2
35)	1	2.2
36)	1	2.2
38)	2	4.3
43)	1	2.2
50)	2	4.3
57)	1	2.2
76)	1	2.2
78)	1	2.2
79)	1	2.2
80)	1	2.2
83)	1	2.2
84)	1	2.2
85)	1	2.2
101)	2	4.3
108)	1	2.2
109)	1	2.2
119)	1	2.2
163)	1	2.2
Missing	594
TOTAL	46	100.0

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34) Location of Branches: Africa (BR_AFRICA) (BRAFRICA)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	17	37.0
1) Yes	29	63.0
Missing	594
TOTAL	46	100.0

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35) Location of Branches: Latin America and/or Caribbean (BR_LTN_AMER) (BRLTNAMR)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	17	37.0
1) Yes	29	63.0
Missing	594
TOTAL	46	100.0

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36) Location of Branches: North America (BR_NRTH_AMER) (BRNRTHAM)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	10	21.7
1) Yes	35	76.1
8) Not sure	1	2.2
Missing	594
TOTAL	46	100.0

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37) Location of Branches: Central, Southern, or Western Asia (BR_W_ASIA) (BRWASIA)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	19	41.3
1) Yes	26	56.5
8) Not sure	1	2.2
Missing	594
TOTAL	46	100.0

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38) Location of Branches: East or South-East Asia (BR_E_ASIA) (BREASIA)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	20	43.5
1) Yes	25	54.3
8) Not sure	1	2.2
Missing	594
TOTAL	46	100.0

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39) Location of Branches: Eastern Europe only (BR_E_EUROPE) (BREEURO)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	21	45.7
1) Yes	24	52.2
8) Not sure	1	2.2
Missing	594
TOTAL	46	100.0

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40) Location of Branches: Europe (BR_W_EUROPE) (BRWEURO)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	7	15.2
1) Yes	38	82.6
8) Not sure	1	2.2
Missing	594
TOTAL	46	100.0

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41) Location of Branches: Oceania (BR_OCEANIA) (BROCEANI)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	26	56.5
1) Yes	20	43.5
Missing	594
TOTAL	46	100.0

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42) Organizational Tie: Some of the cases in the dataset are actually human rights programs that are affiliated with religious organizations that also have profiles in the HRI directory. To avoid counting these 'duplicates,' for each such human rights program, this variable indicates the original case number (CASENUM) for the parent religious organization to which it belongs. (ORG_TIE) (ORGTIE)

	TOTAL	%
24)	1	1.8
28)	1	1.8
35)	1	1.8
69)	7	12.5
75)	1	1.8
94)	1	1.8
102)	1	1.8
115)	4	7.1
117)	1	1.8
202)	4	7.1
275)	1	1.8
306)	1	1.8
315)	1	1.8
316)	3	5.4
381)	1	1.8
384)	2	3.6
428)	2	3.6
444)	2	3.6
548)	1	1.8
568)	1	1.8
571)	1	1.8
599)	1	1.8
600)	3	5.4
602)	2	3.6
657)	1	1.8
725)	1	1.8
748)	1	1.8
764)	2	3.6
766)	1	1.8
767)	2	3.6
771)	2	3.6
801)	1	1.8
831)	1	1.8
Missing	584
TOTAL	56	100.0

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43) Type of Duplicate: Some of the cases in the dataset are actually human rights programs that are affiliated with religious organizations that also have profiles in the HRI directory. For such programs, this variable indicates whether the case is the 'parent' religious organization, or the human rights program. (DUPLICATE_TYPE) (DUPLTYPE)

	TOTAL	%
1) Religious organization that has a human rights program(s) in the dataset	31	35.6
2) Human rights program affiliated with the religious organization in the dataset	56	64.4
Missing	553
TOTAL	87	100.0

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44) Notes (NOTES)