Table 7 Differences in respondents’ answers to questions about legal regulation of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (items 8 and 10) in relation to the basic sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents (sex, age, education, monthly income and size of place of residence) (chi-square test results)
Questions | Sex | Age | Education | Income, HRK (Kuna) per month | Size of Place of Residence | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | Male | Female | 65 | 64–48 | 47–31 | 30 | Elementary | High | College and higher | To 5.512,50 | 5.512,51–11.025,00 | 11.025,01–22.050,00 | 22.050,01 and more | < 2.000 | 2,001–10,000 | 10,001–50,000 | 50,001–500,000 | 500,001 < |
1. Question | ||||||||||||||||||
No | 30.8 | 37.5 | 54.0 | 31.1 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 39.8 | 34.1 | 27.0 | 42.6 | 33.2 | 28.4 | 25.9 | 38.2 | 29.7 | 50.4 | 22.9 | 26.6 |
Don't know | 19.6 | 15.8 | 9.3 | 19.7 | 24.5 | 13.2 | 16.2 | 19.1 | 15.2 | 17.7 | 18.3 | 14.9 | 0 | 16.0 | 25.4 | 15.6 | 18.4 | 14.6 |
Yes | 49.5 | 46.7 | 36.7 | 49.1 | 47.6 | 58.4 | 43.9 | 46.8 | 57.8 | 39.7 | 48.5 | 56.8 | 74.1 | 45.7 | 44.9 | 34.1 | 58.7 | 58.9 |
Chi-square | χ2 = 6.591; df = 2; p < 0.04 | χ2 = 68.148; df = 6; p < 0.001 | χ2 = 13.207; df = 4; p < 0.01 | χ2 = 29.167; df = 6; p < 0.001 | χ2 = 45.833; df = 8; p < 0.001 | |||||||||||||
2. Question | ||||||||||||||||||
No | 32.8 | 41.6 | 53.8 | 33.4 | 31.1 | 35.7 | 44.6 | 36.3 | 29.6 | 43.5 | 36.9 | 30.3 | 37.0 | 41.3 | 32.2 | 53.4 | 27.5 | 28.8 |
Don't know | 22.0 | 19.4 | 15.3 | 24.8 | 23.1 | 16.8 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 19.2 | 19.8 | 21.4 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 15.0 | 24.7 | 12.8 |
Yes | 45.2 | 39.0 | 30.9 | 41.8 | 45.8 | 47.5 | 34.1 | 43.0 | 51.2 | 36.8 | 41.7 | 51.6 | 44.4 | 36.3 | 45.4 | 31.6 | 47.8 | 58.3 |
Chi-square | χ2 = 9.338; df = 2; p < 0.009 | χ2 = 40.829; df = 6; p < 0.001 | χ2 = 17.098; df = 4; p < 0.002 | χ2 = 14.992; df = 6; p < 0.02 | χ2 = 48.385; df = 8; p < 0.001 | |||||||||||||