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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