Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Morality of Abortion
Is abortion morally wrong, morally acceptable, or not a moral issue?

Select a response option and use the arrows to sort the data alphabetically, by total population, among Christians or among Muslims.

CountryTotal PopulationAmong ChristiansAmong Muslims
Botswanabar 75bar 75bar NA
Cameroonbar 95bar 95bar 95
Chadbar 86bar 87bar 86
Djiboutibar 72bar NAbar 72
DR Congobar 76bar 76bar 78
Ethiopiabar 87bar 85bar 91
Ghanabar 89bar 89bar 91
Guinea Bissaubar 72bar 70bar 76
Kenyabar 91bar 91bar 92
Liberiabar 88bar 88bar 88
Malibar 91bar NAbar 92
Mozambiquebar 76bar 76bar 75
Nigeriabar 92bar 93bar 91
Rwandabar 88bar 88bar NA
Senegalbar 87bar NAbar 87
South Africabar 86bar 86bar NA
Tanzaniabar 92bar 91bar 94
Ugandabar 76bar 76bar 75
Zambiabar 95bar 95bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q85h. Next, I'm going to read some behaviors. For each, please tell me whether you personally believe that it is morally acceptable, morally wrong, or is it not a moral issue? Having an abortion.
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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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