Table 1 Background characteristics of the respondents to the online survey (n = 1965)a
No. | % | |
|---|---|---|
Demographics | ||
Gender | ||
Male | 992 | 50.5 |
Female | 973 | 49.5 |
Age (years) | ||
16–39 | 414 | 21.1 |
40–69 | 1144 | 58.2 |
≥ 70 | 407 | 20.7 |
Composition household | ||
Living with partner | 1446 | 73.6 |
Living without partner | 519 | 26.4 |
Education | ||
Low | 552 | 28.1 |
Middle | 636 | 32.4 |
High | 777 | 39.5 |
Ethnicity | ||
Dutch | 1897 | 97.7 |
Non-Dutch | 45 | 2.3 |
Belongs to a philosophic sector | ||
Yes | 954 | 49.2 |
No | 984 | 50.8 |
Considers philosophy important | ||
Yes | 378 | 19.2 |
No philosophy / philosophy not important | 1587 | 80.8 |
Urbanization living area | ||
Low urban | 759 | 39.0 |
Middle urban | 402 | 20.7 |
High urban | 783 | 40.3 |
Health status | ||
General health | ||
(very) good | 1626 | 82.7 |
Moderate – (very) bad | 339 | 17.3 |
Presence depression | ||
Yes | 79 | 4.0 |
No | 1886 | 96.0 |
Characteristics related to EAS | ||
Experience: someone close has requested a physician for EAS | ||
Yes | 657 | 33.5 |
No | 1305 | 66.5 |
Opinion: Do you think it is a good thing that there is an euthanasia law | ||
Yes, I reckon I would request EAS | 1498 | 76.4 |
Yes, but I would never request EAS myself | 241 | 12.3 |
No, I do not think it is good to have this law | 14 | 0.7 |
No, I am against EAS | 99 | 5.0 |
Do not know | 110 | 5.6 |
Knowledge: Psychiatric patients are not eligible for EAS (incorrect). | ||
Agree (incorrectly answered) | 536 | 27.3 |
Disagree (correctly answered) | 681 | 34.7 |
Do not know | 748 | 38.1 |