Table 3 GMI of Buddhist sites in seven regions of China

From: Grid-scale analysis of the spatial pattern and hotspot detection of Buddhist sects in China

  

Geographical Region

  

Northeast China

East China

North China

Central China

South China

Southwest China

Northwest China

Buddhism

Moran’s I

0.5972***

0.4209***

0.4308***

0.5264***

0.4866***

0.4175***

0.4682***

Z-score

28.4299

16.5355

15.3279

17.0823

15.1166

27.5424

36.0954

p-value

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

Chinese Buddhism

Moran’s I

0.6001***

0.4208***

0.4587***

0.5263***

0.4867***

0.4682***

0.3697***

Z-score

28.5293

16.5351

16.1673

17.0768

15.1181

29.8328

29.0703

p-value

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

Tibetan Buddhism

Moran’s I

0.2995***

-0.0067

0.0454**

-0.0097

0.0024*

0.6881***

0.6207***

Z-score

14.5783

-0.2249

2.0624

-0.2764

1.7884

43.3872

48.1120

p-value

0.0000

0.8221

0.0392

0.7828

0.0737

0.0000

0.0000

Theravada Buddhism

Moran’s I

—

—

—

—

—

0.5936***

—

Z-score

—

—

—

—

—

37.5792

—

P-value

—

—

—

—

—

0.0000

—

  1. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1.
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