Variable: Religious Legislation

QoG Code: (biu_relleg)


Dataset: Religion and State Project

Description:

This variable refers to laws or government policies which legislate or otherwise support aspects of religion. This includes diverse laws and policies including the direct legislation of religious precepts, funding religion, religious monopolies on aspects of policy or law, and giving clergy and religious institution official powers or influence.
The variable ranges from 0-52. Higher scores indicate higher levels of religious legislation.

Type of variable: Discrete

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-10-17
Last updated by source: 2017-08-03


Categories:

Religion


Find this variable in:

OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 180
OECD time-series: 39


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