Table 2 Raw data cross-tabulations of various factors with doctors views on physician assisted suicide and on whether they would assist in suicides were it legal to do so.
From: Survey of doctors' opinions of the legalisation of physician assisted suicide
| Â | Â | Â | Support PAS | Would consider PAS if legal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Missing | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Missing |
| Â | Â | N | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
Sex | Male | 256 | 95(37) | 31(12) | 126(49) | 4(2) | 82(32) | 32(13) | 139(54) | 3(1) |
| Â | Female | 116 | 48(41) | 13(11) | 53(46) | 2(2) | 33(28) | 15(13) | 67(58) | 1(1) |
| Â | Â | Â | Chi2 = 0.65 df = 3 P = 0.89 | Chi2 = 0.59 df = 3 P = 0.90 | ||||||
Specialty | Consultant | 184 | 77(42) | 21(11) | 84(46) | 2(1) | 64(35) | 29(16) | 90(49) | 1(0) |
| Â | GP | 188 | 66(35) | 23(12) | 95(51) | 4(2) | 51(27) | 18(9) | 116(62) | 3(2) |
| Â | Â | Â | Chi2 = 2.23 df = 3 P = 0.53 | Chi2 = 8.28 df = 3 P = 0.04 | ||||||
Care for dying | Daily | 30 | 9(30) | 2(7) | 18(60) | 1(3) | 8(27) | 2(7) | 20(66) | 0(0) |
| Â | Weekly | 77 | 21(27) | 9(12) | 45(58) | 2(3) | 15(20) | 7(9) | 54(70) | 1(1) |
| Â | Monthly | 116 | 39(34) | 15(13) | 61(52) | 1(1) | 40(35) | 12(10) | 63(54) | 1(1) |
| Â | Yearly | 72 | 33(46) | 12(17) | 27(37) | 0(0) | 22(31) | 15(21) | 35(49) | 0(0) |
| Â | <Yearly | 37 | 15(41) | 2(5) | 18(49) | 2(5) | 11(30) | 6(16) | 20(54) | 0(0) |
| Â | Never | 35 | 23(66) | 4(11) | 8(23) | 0(0) | 19(54) | 4(11) | 11(32) | 1(3) |
| Â | Missing | 5 | 3(60) | 0(0) | 2(40) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(20) | 3(60) | 1(20) |
| Â | Â | Â | Chi2 = 32.3 df = 18 P = 0.02 | Chi2 = 45.5 df = 18 P < 0.0005 | ||||||
Religious | No | 110 | 57(51) | 15(14) | 38(34) | 1(1) | 54(49) | 14(12) | 43(39) | 0(0) |
| Â | Not very | 121 | 44(36) | 18(15) | 57(47) | 2(2) | 36(30) | 23(19) | 61(50) | 1(1) |
| Â | Fairly | 102 | 33(32) | 11(11) | 57(56) | 1(1) | 23(22) | 8(8) | 70(69) | 1(1) |
| Â | Very | 27 | 4(15) | 0(0) | 23(85) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(4) | 26(96) | 0(0) |
| Â | Missing | 11 | 5(46) | 0(0) | 4(36) | 2(18) | 2(18) | 1(9) | 6(55) | 2(18) |
| Â | Â | Â | Chi2 = 49.3 df = 12 P < 0.0005 | Chi2 = 79.1 df = 12 P < 0.0005 | ||||||
Years in post | 0- | 33 | 11(33) | 7(21) | 14(43) | 1(3) | 7(21) | 5(15) | 21(64) | 0(0) |
| Â | 10- | 160 | 66(41) | 18(11) | 75(47) | 1(1) | 50(31) | 22(14) | 87(54) | 1(1) |
| Â | 20- | 127 | 39(31) | 12(9) | 72(57) | 4(3) | 36(28) | 16(13) | 74(58) | 1(1) |
| Â | 30- | 48 | 25(52) | 7(15) | 16(33) | 0(0) | 22(46) | 3(8) | 21(44) | 1(2) |
| Â | Missing | 4 | 2(50) | 0(0) | 2(50) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 3(75) | 1(25) |
| Â | Â | Â | Chi2 = 17.4 df = 12 P = 0.14 | Chi2 = 32.1 df = 12 P = 0.001 | ||||||
Looked at Bill | No | 252 | 108(43) | 34(13) | 105(42) | 5(2) | 85(34) | 36(14) | 130(52) | 1(0) |
| Â | Yes | 118 | 34(29) | 10(8) | 74(63) | 0(0) | 30(25) | 11(9) | 75(64) | 2(2) |
| Â | Missing | 2 | 1(50) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(50) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(50) | 1(50) |
| Â | Â | Â | Chi2 = 45.7 df = 6 P < 0.0005 | Chi2 = 52.3 df = 6 P < 0.0005 | ||||||
Support PAS | Agree | 143 | 143(100) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 74(52) | 27(19) | 40(28) | 2(1) |
| Â | Neither | 44 | 0(0) | 44(100) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 16(36) | 11(25) | 17(39) | 0(0) |
| Â | Disagree | 179 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 179(100) | 0(0) | 24(13) | 9(5) | 145(81) | 1(1) |
| Â | Missing | 6 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 6(100) | 1(17) | 0(0) | 4(66) | 1(17) |
| Â | Â | Â | N/A | Chi2 = 114.9 df = 6 P < 0.0005 | ||||||
| Â | Total: | 372 | 143(38) | 44(12) | 179(48) | 6(2) | 115(31) | 47(13) | 206(55) | 4(1) |