Table 3 Associations of various factors with doctors' views on physician assisted suicide.

Sex

Male

256

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Female

116

0.83 (0.52 to 1.34)

1.00 (0.49 to 2.07)

0.63 (0.36 to 1.08)

0.85 (0.39 to 1.84)

Specialty

Consultant

184

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

GP

188

1.32 (0.85 to 2.05)

1.03 (0.53 to 2.00)

1.03 (0.60 to 1.77)

0.74 (0.35 to 1.60)

Care for dying

Daily

30

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Weekly

77

1.07 (0.41 to 2.78)

0.56 (0.11 to 2.83)

0.92 (0.34 to 2.54)

0.47 (0.09 to 2.48)

Monthly

116

0.78 (0.32 to 1.91)

0.45 (0.09 to 2.16)

0.78 (0.30 to 2.01)

0.42 (0.09 to 2.09)

Yearly

72

0.41 (0.16 to 1.06)

0.25 (0.05 to 1.25)

0.38 (0.14 to 1.04)

0.22 (0.04 to 1.15)

<Yearly

37

0.60 (0.21 to 1.72)

1.00 (0.13 to 7.89)

0.73 (0.24 to 2.21)

1.06 (0.13 to 8.60)

Never

35

0.17 (0.06 to 0.54)

0.22 (0.03 to 1.47)

0.18 (0.05 to 0.58)

0.21 (0.03 to 1.43)

Missing

5

0.33 (0.05 to 2.37)

Empty Cell

Empty Cell

Empty Cell

Test for trend: P < 0.0005

Test for trend: P = 0.17

Test for trend: P = 0.001

Test for trend: P = 0.20

Religious

No

110

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Not very

121

1.94 (1.10 to 3.43)

1.25 (0.56 to 2.78)

1.81 (1.00 to 3.25)

1.23 (0.55 to 2.76)

Fairly

102

2.59 (1.43 to 4.69)

2.05 (0.85 to 4.93)

2.47 (1.31 to 4.65)

1.84 (0.74 to 4.54)

Very

27

8.63 (2.76 to 26.92)

Empty Cell

10.01 (2.67 to 37.6)

Empty Cell

Missing

11

1.20 (0.30 to 4.76)

Empty Cell

0.61 (0.13 to 2.82)

Empty Cell

Test for trend: P < 0.0005

Test for trend: P < 0.004

Test for trend: P < 0.0005

Test for trend: P = 0.01

Years in post

0-

33

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

10-

160

0.89 (0.38 to 2.10)

2.08 (0.73 to 5.91)

0.84 (0.33 to 2.09)

2.15 (0.72 to 6.40)

20-

127

1.45 (0.60 to 3.50)

3.00 (1.00 to 8.96)

1.29 (0.49 to 3.39)

3.25 (0.99 to 10.64)

30-

48

0.50 (0.18 to 1.38)

1.14 (0.32 to 4.07)

0.59 (0.19 to 1.79)

1.37 (0.34 to 5.43)

Missing

4

0.79 (0.09 to 6.50)

Empty Cell

Empty Cell

Empty Cell

Test for trend: P < 0.634

Test for trend: P = 0.58

Test for trend: P = 0.83

Test for trend: P = 0.47

Looked at Bill

No

252

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Yes

118

2.24 (1.3 to 3.64)

2.40 (1.11 to 5.15)

1.70 (0.99 to 2.92)

1.80 (0.81 to 4.01)

Missing

2

Empty Cell

Empty Cell

Empty Cell

Empty Cell

Total:

372