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Table 3 Proportions of responders (from all years) agreeing with the statements of euthanasia and PAS according to the background factors

From: Ambivalence toward euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide has decreased among physicians in Finland

 

Euthanasia should be legalized in Finland

P-value*

A physician should be punished for assisting in a suicide

P-value*

Fully/partly agree, n (%)

Fully/partly agree, n (%)

Gender

  

 < 0.001

  

0.002

 Female

1623

(43)

 

925

(25)

 

 Male

1060

(49)

 

611

(28)

 

Age**

 

 < 0.001

 

0.904

  

 < 45 y

1263

(48)

 

660

(25)

 

 ≥ 45 y

1345

(44)

 

775

(26)

 

Participates in the care of dying patients, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

  

 < 0.001

 Yes

1270

(42)

 

862

(28)

 

 No

1435

(49)

 

688

(24)

 

Patient or relative having ask for euthanasia or PAS, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

  

0.114

 Yes

493

(53)

 

225

(24)

 

 No

2223

(44)

 

1329

(26)

 
  1. Two -sided p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant
  2. * Pearson Chi-Square
  3. **From 1993 data was not available