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Table 2 Euthansia acceptance, general trust and trust in health care by country; Mean (SD)

From: Trust increases euthanasia acceptance: a multilevel analysis using the European Values Study

 

Euthanasia acceptance (possible range 1–10)

Trust rates (possible range 0–1)

Trust in health care system (possible range 1–4)

Albania

2.69 (2.54)

.10 (.31)

2.07 (.81)

Armenia

2.57 (2.43)

.21 (.41)

2.68 (.41)

Austria

4.51 (3.07)

.36 (.48)

2.88 (.78)

Azerbaijan

3.14 (2.80)

.45 (.50)

2.81 (.93)

Belarus

4.78 (2.81)

.45 (.50)

2.72 (.72)

Belgium

6.76 (2.60)

.36 (.48)

3.23 (.62)

Bosnia Herzegovina

2.90 (2.80)

.27 (.44)

2.66 (.87)

Bulgaria

4.29 (3.13)

.18 (.39)

1.85 (.85)

Croatia

4.06 (3.16)

.20 (.40)

2.35 (.76)

Cyprus

2.00 (2.05)

.09 (.29)

2.61 (.86)

Czech Republic

5.33 (2.95)

.31 (.46)

2.34 (.83)

Denmark

6.79 (2.84)

.76 (.43)

2.88 (.66)

Estonia

4.67 (2.87)

.32 (.47)

2.50 (.75)

Finland

5.91 (2.88)

.65 (.48)

2.81 (.67)

France

6.75 (2.80)

.27 (.45)

2.93 (.70)

Georgia

2.42 (2.21)

.23 (.42)

2.58 (.85)

Germany

4.69 (2.94)

.39 (.49)

2.24 (.85)

Greece

3.37 (2.78)

.22 (.41)

2.24 (.84)

Hungary

4.45 (3.24)

.21 (.41)

2.17 (.80)

Iceland

5.78 (2.87)

.50 (.50)

3.31 (.59)

Ireland

3.86 (2.79)

.38 (.49)

2.12 (.87)

Italy

4.53 (3.24)

.31 (.46)

2.54 (.79)

Kosovo

1.52 (1.67)

.11 (.31)

2.91 (.88)

Latvia

4.76 (3.05)

.26 (.44)

2.51 (.81)

Lithuania

4.94 (2.98)

.30 (.46)

2.19 (.66)

Luxembourg

6.09 (3.35)

.33 (.47)

3.22 (.72)

Macedonia

3.14 (2.80)

.19 (.40)

2.51 (.86)

Malta

2.64 (2.70)

.23 (.42)

3.09 (.76)

Moldova

2.64 (2.61)

.12 (.33)

2.52 (.79)

Montenegro

3.06 (2.97)

.25 (.44)

2.58 (.88)

Netherlands

6.67 (2.79)

.63 (.48)

2.79 (.68)

Norway

5.62 (2.91)

.74 (.44)

2.86 (.68)

Poland

3.37 (2.75)

.28 (.45)

2.34 (.86)

Portugal

4.71 (3.00))

.20 (.40)

2.54 (.78)

Romania

3.20 (2.84)

.18 (.38)

2.53 (.90)

Russia

4.36 (3.11)

.29 (.46)

2.44 (.85)

Serbia

3.54 (3.15)

.12 (.33)

2.34 (.82)

Slovak Republic

4.43 (3.13)

.13 (.33)

2.55 (.75)

Slovenia

5.51 (3.28)

.24 (.43)

2.71 (.67)

Spain

6.08 (3.20)

.35 (.48)

2.96 (.74)

Sweden

6.54 (2.90)

.70 (.46)

2.85 (.69)

Switzerland

5.05 (3.11)

.55 (.50)

2.95 (.69)

Ukraine

3.69 (3.20)

.28 (.45)

2.29 (.91)

United Kingdom

5.64 (3.06)

.40 (.49)

3.04 (.76)

  1. Table legend: Country means and standard deviations for euthanasia attitude, general trust and confidence in health care by country.
  2. Data source: European Values Study, 2008. Missing data were dealt with using pairwise deletion.