Life Choices, 1990

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DITRMILL Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove of withholding food and water from a terminally ill patient who is in great pain and who requests that he or she be permitted to die?   1) Approve   3) Disapprove   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Approve	903	41.5%	41.5%	-1.13
Disapprove	228	10.5%	52%	-.07
Don't know	1043	48%	100%	.99

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Approve	41.4% 171	42.2% 316	42.0% 178	42.4% 179	36.5% 57	41.7% 901
Disapprove	11.6% 48	9.5% 71	11.1% 47	9.0% 38	14.7% 23	10.5% 227
Don't know	47.0% 194	48.3% 361	46.9% 199	48.6% 205	48.7% 76	47.9% 1035
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Approve	53.4% 198	47.2% 319	37.0% 299	26.5% 76	41.6% 892
Disapprove	9.4% 35	9.5% 64	11.8% 95	9.1% 26	10.3% 220
Don't know	37.2% 138	43.3% 293	51.2% 414	64.5% 185	48.1% 1030
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Approve	27.0% 106	36.4% 259	48.1% 286	53.6% 250	41.6% 901
Disapprove	14.3% 56	11.1% 79	9.1% 54	8.4% 39	10.5% 228
Don't know	58.7% 230	52.5% 374	42.9% 255	38.0% 177	47.9% 1036
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Approve	43.4% 243	42.4% 247	33.0% 222	53.2% 191	41.5% 903
Disapprove	10.5% 59	9.4% 55	11.8% 79	9.7% 35	10.5% 228
Don't know	46.1% 258	48.2% 281	55.2% 371	37.0% 133	48.0% 1043
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Approve	41.9% 438	40.7% 442	41.3% 880
Disapprove	9.9% 103	11.0% 120	10.5% 223
Don't know	48.2% 504	48.3% 525	48.3% 1029
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Approve	38.7% 451	41.2% 273	60.0% 33	37.8% 34	40.1% 791
Disapprove	9.6% 112	11.5% 76	7.3% 4	8.9% 8	10.1% 200
Don't know	51.6% 601	47.4% 314	32.7% 18	53.3% 48	49.7% 981
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972