Attitudes among the general Austrian population towards neonatal euthanasia: a survey

Goldnagl, Lena; Freidl, Wolfgang; Stronegger, Willibald J

doi:10.1186/1472-6939-15-74

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 1 Univariate analyses – attitudes toward neonatal euthanasia in per cent, by socio-demographic characteristics

From: Attitudes among the general Austrian population towards neonatal euthanasia: a survey

	Cases	Rejection	Approval	Chi²-test
	N	%	%	P-value
Total sample:	1000	63.6	36.4	-
Sex:
Male	473	62.8	37.2	0.630
Female	527	64.3	35.7
Age group:
16-25 yrs.	124	76.0	24.0	>0.001
25-34 yrs.	170	70.6	29.4
35-44 yrs.	189	70.4	29.6
45-59 yrs.	244	57.4	42.6
60-74 yrs.	216	58.8	41.2
75 years or older	57	38.6	61.4
Level of education:
Compulsory school	159	48.4	51.6	>0.001
Apprentice/vocational degree	543	61.6	38.4
High school diploma	163	72.4	27.6
University	127	80.3	19.7
Income:
1.quintile	208	66.8	33.2	0.690
2.quintile	185	64.3	35.7
3.quintile	193	63.7	36.3
4.quintile	203	59.8	40.2
5.quintile	184	63.8	36.2
Socio-cultural ideology:
Conservative	314	63.1	36.9	0.653
Liberal	600	64.6	35.4
Political orientation:
Left-wing	222	67.7	32.3	0.032
Centre	521	66.0	34.0
Right-wing	144	55.2	44.8
Experience with caring for the severely ill:
Ves	435	64.5	35.5	0.555
No	563	62.7	37.3
End-of-life care experience:
Yes	446	67.6	32.4	0.020
No	552	60.5	39.5
Marital status:
Single	219	71.7	28.3	>0.001
Married	529	64.3	35.7
Extra-marital cohabitation	123	67.5	32.5
Divorced/seperated/widowed	126	42.9	57.1
Persons in household:
Living alone	172	53.5	46.5	>0.001
2 persons	288	58.7	41.3
3 or more persons	540	69.4	30.6
Number of children:
No children	708	60.7	39.3	0.011
1 child	137	67.2	32.8
2 or more children	155	72.9	27.1
Self-rated health:
Very good	343	67.3	32.7	0.090
Good	445	64.0	36.0
Moderate-very poor	205	58.0	42.0

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