Ageing, dementia and society – an epistemological perspective

Table 6 The results of a multiple regression analysis based on age, gender, ethnicity, religion, and education of a random sample of 980 respondents

	Having a religion helps to alleviate the effects of dementia			Having a religion reduces the probability of developing dementia in the future
	B (Unstandardised coefficient)	β (Standardised coefficient)	t -statistic	B	β	t
Age	0.033	0.033	0.824	0.022	0.022	0.549
Gender	−0.056	−0.024	−0.740	−0.095	−0.041	−1.274
Ethnic	0.017	0.012	0.374	−0.010	−0.008	−0.231
Religion	−0.050	−0.256	−7.906***	−0.054	−0.278	−8.632***
Education	0.057	0.107	2.702**	0.026	0.050	1.263
	Multiple R=0.269			Multiple R=0.283
	R²=0.072			R²=0.080
	Adjusted R square=0.067			Adjusted R square=0.075
	F=14.724***			F=16.456***

The relationship between respondent age, gender, ethnicity, religion, and education, on the one hand, and participants' responses to each statement, on the other, is tested.
**p<.01; ***p<.001.