TGGP has a post up where he looks at attitudes toward polygyny in predominantly Muslim nations. The question is:
To what extent do you agree or disagree with men having more than one wife? Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree?
I decided to break-down by religion in those nations which had a large non-Muslim population. Results below.
| Bangladesh | Indonesia | Jordan | Nigeria | Pakistan | Egypt | |||||||
| Muslim | Hindu | Muslim | Roman Catholic | Muslim | Roman Catholic | Muslim | Protestant | Shia | Sunni | Muslim | Christian | |
| Agree strongly | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 53.5 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| Agree | 3.9 | 1.9 | 16.8 | 4.6 | 13.8 | 0 | 20.5 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 1 | 8 | 1.8 |
| Neither | 12.2 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 3.1 | 10.2 | 3.1 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 4 | 9.5 | 1.8 |
| Disagree | 48.2 | 50.5 | 44 | 40 | 17 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 27.2 | 25 | 40.6 | 79.7 | 94.6 |
| Strongly disagree | 34.2 | 40.2 | 25.7 | 52.3 | 53.3 | 87.4 | 9.5 | 40.4 | 69.8 | 54.4 | 0.1 | 0 |
Update: Above I only posted those Muslim nations with large enough religious minorities for there to be comparisons. Here are the frequencies who “strongly agree” + “agree” with men having more than one wife for all the nations:
Algeria – 43
Bangladesh – 5.5
Indonesia – 18.7
Iran – 11.5
Iraq – 47.1
Jordan – 18.7
Morocco – 37.5
Nigeria – 39.4
Pakistan – 1.1
Saudi Arabia – 42.1
Turkey – 15.6
Egypt – 10.3
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