Factors associated with the rejection of active euthanasia: a survey among the general public in Austria

Stronegger, Willibald J; Burkert, Nathalie T; Grossschädl, Franziska; Freidl, Wolfgang

doi:10.1186/1472-6939-14-26

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 1 Bivariate analyses – attitudes towards active euthanasia by socio-demographic characteristics

From: Factors associated with the rejection of active euthanasia: a survey among the general public in Austria

	Abstract problem formulation				Case-specific problem formulation (vignette)
	Cases	Rejection	Approval		Rejection	Approval
	N	%	%	Chi²-test p-value	%	%	Chi²-test p-value
Total sample:	1000	28.8	71.2	-	31.2	68.8	-
Sex:
Male	473	26.0	74.0	0.062	30.2	69.8	0.517
Female	527	31.4	68.6		32.1	67.9
Age group:
16-24 yrs.	124	30.6	69.4	0.235	32.3	67.7	0.155
25-34 yrs.	170	34.5	65.5		38.2	61.8
35-44 yrs.	189	26.1	73.9		27.5	72.5
45-59 yrs.	244	24.6	75.4		27.9	72.1
60-74 yrs.	216	28.7	71.3		30.1	69.9
75 years or older	57	35.1	64.9		38.6	61.4
Level of education:
Compulsory school	159	27.2	72.8	0.269	21.4	78.6	<0.001
Apprentice/vocational	543	27.7	72.3		30.2	69.8
High school diploma	163	29.3	70.7		36.2	63.8
University	127	36.2	63.8		43.3	56.7
Income:
1^st quintile (lowest)	208	42.3	57.7	<0.001	33.5	66.5	0.152
2^nd quintile	185	34.6	65.4		37.0	63.0
3^rd quintile	193	23.3	76.7		29.5	70.5
4^th quintile	203	22.5	77.5		25.6	74.4
5^th quintile (highest)	184	19.5	80.5		29.9	70.1
Socio-cultural ideology:
Conservative	314	37.3	62.7	<0.001	37.3	62.7	0.004
Liberal	600	24.0	76.0		28.0	72.0
Political orientation:
Left-wing	222	25.7	74.3	0.459	32.0	68.0	0.325
Centre	521	30.2	69.8		31.2	68.8
Right-wing	144	28.5	71.5		25.2	74.8
Care of seriously ill:
Yes	435	31.7	68.3	0.069	32.0	68.0	0.593
No	563	26.5	73.5		30.4	69.6
End-of-life care exp.:
Yes	446	31.2	68.8	0.142	32.1	67.9	0.565
No	552	27.0	73.0		30.4	69.6
Marital status:
Single	219	32.1	67.9	0.147	33.3	66.7	0.103
Married	529	30.2	69.8		33.3	66.7
Common-law cohabitation	123	22.8	77.2		23.6	76.4
Divorced/separated/widowed	126	23.8	76.2		26.4	73.6
Persons in household:
Living alone	172	19.2	80.8	0.003	27.9	72.1	0.536
2 persons	288	27.4	72.6		30.9	69.1
3 or more persons	540	32.7	67.3		32.4	67.6
Number of children:
No children	708	26.1	73.9	<0.001	30.9	69.1	0.026
1 child	137	27.7	72.3		24.1	75.9
2 or more children	155	41.9	58.1		38.7	61.3
Self-rated health:
Very good	343	30.6	69.4	0.741	34.3	65.7	0.226
Good	445	28.3	71.7		30.9	69.1
Moderate to very poor	205	28.3	71.7		27.3	72.7

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