Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Views of Christians as Honest
Do you associate the term "honest" with Christians?

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

% responding YesNoNo opinion
CountryTotal PopulationAmong ChristiansAmong Muslims
Botswanabar 89bar 89bar NA
Cameroonbar 62bar 62bar 65
Chadbar 84bar 92bar 79
Djiboutibar 51bar NAbar 50
DR Congobar 67bar 73bar 52
Ethiopiabar 89bar 95bar 74
Ghanabar 88bar 89bar 88
Guinea Bissaubar 91bar 95bar 85
Kenyabar 81bar 84bar 61
Liberiabar 70bar 71bar 68
Malibar 91bar NAbar 90
Mozambiquebar 81bar 84bar 72
Nigeriabar 85bar 93bar 78
Rwandabar 88bar 91bar NA
Senegalbar 94bar NAbar 94
South Africabar 76bar 79bar NA
Tanzaniabar 82bar 85bar 80
Ugandabar 83bar 86bar 60
Zambiabar 84bar 84bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q29a. Which of these characteristics do you associate with Christians? Do you associate this with Christians or not? Honest.
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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