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

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 2 Results of binary logistic regression analyses: rejection of neonatal euthanasia, by independent variables (n = 805)

	Rejection of neonatal euthanasia
	Odds ratio	95% CI		P-value
		Lower	Upper
Sex: male (ref = female)	0.77	0.55	1.06	0.104
Age group (ref = 16–25 years)				0.021
25-34 years	0.49	0.25	0.98	0.044
35-44 years	0.53	0.26	1.11	0.092
45-59 years	0.30	0.14	0.63	0.001
60-74 years	0.35	0.16	0.77	0.009
75 years or older	0.23	0.08	0.66	0.006
Level of education (ref = compulsory school)				0.005
Apprentice training/intermediate vocational degree	1.64	1.03	2.62	0.036
High school diploma	1.86	1.05	3.31	0.034
University	3.29	1.71	6.34	>0.001
End-of-life care experiences (ref = no)	1.75	1.26	2.41	0.001
Marital status (ref = single)				0.048
Married	0.96	0.54	1.70	0.876
Extra-marital cohabitation	0.70	0.38	1.30	0.254
Divorced/separated/widowed	0.45	0.23	0.90	0.024
Persons in household (ref = living alone)				0.087
2 persons	1.08	0.59	1.99	0.793
3 or more persons	1.57	0.88	2.80	0.127
Constant	2.23			0.056
Nagelkerkes R ²	13.9 %

Variables excluded by backward procedure: income, socio-cultural ideology, political orientation, experience in care of severely ill, number of children in household and self-rated health.

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