Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Morality of Homosexuality
Is homosexual behavior 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 83bar 82bar NA
Cameroonbar 98bar 98bar 99
Chadbar 91bar 89bar 92
Djiboutibar 79bar NAbar 80
DR Congobar 83bar 84bar 87
Ethiopiabar 96bar 96bar 98
Ghanabar 96bar 96bar 97
Guinea Bissaubar 69bar 67bar 71
Kenyabar 98bar 98bar 96
Liberiabar 90bar 91bar 90
Malibar 91bar NAbar 91
Mozambiquebar 80bar 80bar 79
Nigeriabar 95bar 95bar 94
Rwandabar 89bar 88bar NA
Senegalbar 89bar NAbar 90
South Africabar 86bar 87bar NA
Tanzaniabar 91bar 91bar 91
Ugandabar 79bar 80bar 77
Zambiabar 98bar 98bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q85i. 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? Homosexual behavior.
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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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