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Table 6 Religious and faith participation and engagement

From: Engaging with faith groups to prevent VAWG in conflict-affected communities: results from two community surveys in the DRC

  Baseline (%) Endline (%) p value
Religion    0.002
 Christian 76.3 81.2  
 Muslim 14.4 11.4
 Traditional religion 0.9 1.8
 Other (incl. Kimbanguist) 3.9 1.6
 None 4.5 4.1
Importance of faith    <  0.001
 Don’t know / no opinion 13.3 0  
 Not at all important 0.8 1.4
 Not important 2.2 3.2
 Important 62 77.1
 Very important 21.6 18.4
Attendance at religious institution    <  0.001
 Doesn’t attend 17.3 15.2  
 Occasionally attends services/prayers 31.4 22.6
 Occasionally attends other activities 11.2 11.7
 Regularly attends services/prayers 24 42.8
 Regularly attends both services/prayers and other activities 16.1 7.8
Engagement with religious institution    <  0.001
 Not engaged at all 34.8 39  
 Just attends services 22.4 13.9
 Takes part in the services 34 36.8
 Takes part in decision making 4.9 6.8
 Involved in leadership 3.9 3.6