Survey of Aging and Longevity, 2013

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Q45 (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) FORM 3 & 4: Do you think that you, personally, would want these medical treatments, or wouldn't you want them?   1) Yes, would want   2) No, wouldn't want   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, would want	38%	38%
No, wouldn't want	55.8%	93.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.2%	100%
Total N = 2012

Variable Comparisons

Age Region Education Marital status Sex Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-49	50-64	65-79	80 or more	TOTAL
Yes, would want	39.6%	42.8%	35.5%	28.1%	39.3%	38.1%
No, wouldn't want	57.4%	51.5%	57.7%	61.2%	55.1%	55.9%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.0%	5.7%	6.8%	10.7%	5.6%	6.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1979

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, would want	45.1%	36.7%	36.9%	35.6%	38.1%
No, wouldn't want	49.0%	57.0%	57.3%	57.4%	55.7%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	5.9%	6.3%	5.8%	7.0%	6.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2012

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school (Grades 1-8 or no formal schooling) or high school incomplete	High school graduate (Grade 12 with diploma or GED certificate)	Some college, no degree (includes community college) or two year associate degree from a college or university	Four year college or university degree/Bachelor's degree (e.g., BS, BA, AB)	Some postgraduate or professional schooling, no postgraduate degree or Postgraduate or professional degree, including master's, doctorate, medical or law degree	TOTAL
Yes, would want	47.0%	38.6%	34.1%	36.8%	38.0%	37.8%
No, wouldn't want	45.2%	56.8%	59.5%	57.6%	53.0%	56.0%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.8%	4.6%	6.4%	5.6%	9.0%	6.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2002

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Yes, would want	35.0%	52.4%	38.9%	54.2%	29.5%	37.8%	38.1%
No, wouldn't want	58.3%	42.9%	51.1%	42.4%	59.7%	59.3%	55.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.7%	4.7%	10.0%	3.4%	10.9%	2.9%	6.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	2004

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, would want	42.7%	33.6%	38.0%
No, wouldn't want	52.5%	58.8%	55.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.8%	7.5%	6.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	2012

Race (I-RACE)

	White, non-Hisp	Black, non-Hisp	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Yes, would want	34.2%	46.1%	46.5%	37.3%	37.6%
No, wouldn't want	59.0%	48.7%	48.0%	58.2%	56.1%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.8%	5.3%	5.5%	4.5%	6.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1983