Table 3 Attitude towards doctor assisted death among different socio-demographic subgroups in the survey sample (N = 494)
|
Participants characteristics |
Support Doctor Assisted Death (SDAD) N (%) |
Oppose Doctor Assisted Death (ODAD) N (%) |
No position N (%) |
P value Chi-Square |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents (494) | 241 (48.8) | 183 (35.0) | 70 (14.2) | |
| Gender | 0.31 | |||
| Male (n = 243) | 111 (45.7) | 98 (40.3) | 34 (14.0) | |
| Female (n = 251) | 130 (51.8) | 85 (33.9) | 36 (14.3) | |
| Age | <.0001 | |||
| 18–34 (n = 186) | 68 (36.6) | 89 (47.8) | 29 (15.6) | |
| 35–44 (n = 100) | 47 (47.0) | 41 (41.0) | 12 (12.0) | |
| 45–54 (n = 73) | 37 (50.7) | 24 (32.9) | 12 (16.4) | |
| 55–64 (n = 60) | 33 (55.0) | 18 (30.0) | 9 (15.0) | |
| 65 + (n = 75) | 56 (74.7) | 11 (14.7) | 8 (10.6) | |
| Age | <.0001 | |||
| 18–44 (n = 286) | 115 (40.2) | 130 (45.5) | 41 (14.3) | |
| 45–64 (n = 133) | 70 (52.6) | 42 (31.6) | 21 (15.8) | |
| 65 + (n = 75) | 56 (74.7) | 11 (14.7) | 8 (10.6) | |
| Education (years) | 0.02 | |||
| < K12 (n = 53) | 17 (32.1) | 26 (49.1) | 10 (18.8) | |
| K12 (n = 136) | 68 (50.0) | 54 (39.7) | 14 (10.3) | |
| > K 12 nonacademic (vocational) (n = 108) | 49 (45.4) | 46 (42.6) | 13 (12.0) | |
| > K12 academic (n = 196) | 107 (54.6) | 57 (29.1) | 32 (16.3) | |
| Income | <.001 | |||
| Bellow average (n = 191) | 72 (37.7) | 89 (46.6) | 30 (15.7) | |
| Average (n = 110) | 62 (56.4) | 33 (30.0) | 15 (13.6) | |
| Above average (n = 138) | 82 (59.4) | 40 (29.0) | 16 (11.6) | |
| Religiousness | <.0001 | |||
| Secular (n = 206) | 143 (69.4) | 38 (18.5) | 25 (12.1) | |
| Tradition keeper (n = 149) | 73 (49) | 50 (33.6) | 26 (17.4) | |
| Religious (n = 88) | 23 (26.1) | 51 (58.0) | 14 (15.9) | |
| Ultra-orthodox (n = 49) | 1 (2.0) | 44 (89.8) | 4 (8.2) | |
| Ethnicity | <.0001 | |||
| Jewish (n = 400) | 214 (53.5) | 135 (33.8) | 51 (12.8) | |
| Othera (n = 94) | 27 (28.7) | 48 (51.1) | 19 (20.2) |