Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Traditional Religious Healers
Do you or your family ever use traditional religious healers?

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% responding YesNoDon't know
CountryTotal PopulationAmong ChristiansAmong Muslims
Botswanabar 46bar 43bar NA
Cameroonbar 58bar 57bar 57
Chadbar 61bar 46bar 68
Djiboutibar 41bar NAbar 42
DR Congobar 31bar 29bar 36
Ethiopiabar 39bar 39bar 38
Ghanabar 42bar 40bar 33
Guinea Bissaubar 56bar 59bar 50
Kenyabar 18bar 19bar 13
Liberiabar 47bar 37bar 55
Malibar 53bar NAbar 55
Mozambiquebar 24bar 24bar 26
Nigeriabar 32bar 26bar 35
Rwandabar 11bar 11bar NA
Senegalbar 74bar NAbar 73
South Africabar 48bar 47bar NA
Tanzaniabar 43bar 35bar 53
Ugandabar 24bar 23bar 24
Zambiabar 26bar 26bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q68i. And do you or your family ever use traditional religious healers when someone is sick?
Read the survey methodology and the topline questionnaire

Notes

In countries where there were too few interviews with either Muslims or Christians, that subpopulation was not analyzed. Figures may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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