Some interesting findings on the Buddhist community in Singapore in the latest “Our Singaporean Values” survey by IPS (https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/docs/default-source/ips/ips-exchange-series-16.pdf):
The most popular religion amongst the Chinese respondents was Buddhism, followed by Protestantism.
Over 90 per cent of Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, and Hindus; as well as over 80 per cent of Buddhists, Taoists and traditional Chinese belief adherents said they believed in God.
Non-religious, Taoist, and Buddhist respondents were more likely to believe in God if they were older.
Buddhists living in larger housing types were more likely to believe in God; and as for the rest of the religious adherents, housing type did not have a statistically significant effect on their sentiments about God.
Muslims, Christians, and Buddhists were most likely to indicate belief in life after death (approximately 80 percent or more); in contrast, Taoists, adherents of traditional Chinese religion and Hindus were marginally less likely to indicate likewise (approximately 70 percent).
Amongst those with religious beliefs, Buddhists and Taoists were much less likely to indicate that God was quite or very important in their lives (about one-third), compared with other religious adherents (two-thirds or more). In general, females who were non-religious, Buddhists, Protestants, Muslims, and Hindus were more likely to attribute greater importance to God in their lives. Less-educated, less affluent Buddhists and Taoists were more likely to identify themselves as religious. In contrast, more educated, more affluent Catholics were more likely to identify as such.
Higher-educated Buddhists, Catholics, Muslims, Hindus, and respondents without religion were more likely to support religious pluralism, related to their lower-educated counterparts.