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Figure 2.5. Factors contributing to respondents’ decision to embrace the current
religion.
8.00%
33.50% 17.50% Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Probably
Strongly Agree
Agree
10.50% 30.50%
Figure 2.6. Family approval is important when it comes to matters related to religion.
It is suggested that religions promote the development of family ties (Mahoney 2010)
in which almost half of the respondents think that religions help to improve their relationship
with their family while 30.5 percent of the respondents probably think it helps to maintain the
relationship with the exception of 23 percent of the respondents who disagreed, as shown in
Figure 2.7.
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