Ageing, dementia and society – an epistemological perspective

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Table 7 The results of a multiple regression analysis based on age, gender, ethnicity, religion, and education of a random sample of 980 respondents

	Dementia can be cured through divine healing, such as through prayer			People with dementia should be placed in ‘homes’
	B	β	t	B	β	t
Age	0.013	0.013	0.333	0.134	0.141	3.495***
Gender	−0.029	−0.012	−0.377	−0.024	−0.011	−0.328
Ethnic	0.069	0.051	1.546	0.022	0.018	0.520
Religion	−0.057	−0.286	−8.938***	−0.002	−0.012	−0.377
Education	0.034	0.063	1.610	−0.029	−0.058	−1.427
	Multiple R=0.301			Multiple R=0.186
	R²=0.091			R²=0.034
	Adjusted R square=0.086			Adjusted R square=0.029
	F=18.810***			F=6.730***

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<.001.