Figure 13

The responses of participants from various religious groups to the following statement: ‘Having a religion alleviates the effects of dementia’. Christians (33.5 percent), Muslims (40.0 percent), Hindus (24.8 percent), Taoists (17.8 percent), Buddhists (19.6 percent), Freethinkers (7.3 percent) and others (0.0 percent) agreed that religion helps to alleviate the effects of dementia. However, the remaining Christians (28.9 percent), Muslims (37.6 percent), Hindus (45.9 percent), Taoists (55.6 percent), Buddhists (50.0 percent), Freethinkers (63.2 percent) and others (33.3 percent) disagreed.