Life Choices, 1990

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DIVEGET Consider a person who is in a vegetative state with no real hope for improvement. Generally speaking, do you feel that his family, in consultation with doctors, should have the right to remove life support, ending his life.   1) Yes, they should have the right   3) No, they should not have the right   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, they should have the right	1683	77.4%	77.4%	-.52
No, they should not have the right	152	7%	84.4%	.83
Don't know	339	15.6%	100%	2.19

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
Yes, they should have the right	75.3% 311	77.0% 576	82.1% 348	80.6% 340	64.7% 101	77.5% 1676
No, they should not have the right	8.5% 35	7.2% 54	5.4% 23	5.0% 21	10.9% 17	6.9% 150
Don't know	16.2% 67	15.8% 118	12.5% 53	14.5% 61	24.4% 38	15.6% 337
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
Yes, they should have the right	84.6% 314	83.9% 567	72.9% 589	66.6% 191	77.5% 1661
No, they should not have the right	3.2% 12	5.2% 35	9.3% 75	8.7% 25	6.9% 147
Don't know	12.1% 45	10.9% 74	17.8% 144	24.7% 71	15.6% 334
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
Yes, they should have the right	63.5% 249	76.4% 544	80.8% 481	86.1% 401	77.4% 1675
No, they should not have the right	10.5% 41	7.6% 54	6.7% 40	3.4% 16	7.0% 151
Don't know	26.0% 102	16.0% 114	12.4% 74	10.5% 49	15.7% 339
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, they should have the right	77.0% 431	80.3% 468	71.0% 477	85.5% 307	77.4% 1683
No, they should not have the right	8.0% 45	6.5% 38	8.2% 55	3.9% 14	7.0% 152
Don't know	15.0% 84	13.2% 77	20.8% 140	10.6% 38	15.6% 339
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, they should have the right	80.2% 838	74.8% 813	77.4% 1651
No, they should not have the right	5.4% 56	8.6% 93	7.0% 149
Don't know	14.4% 151	16.7% 181	15.6% 332
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Yes, they should have the right	77.3% 900	74.2% 492	90.9% 50	74.4% 67	76.5% 1509
No, they should not have the right	7.1% 83	8.1% 54	3.6% 2	4.4% 4	7.3% 143
Don't know	15.5% 181	17.6% 117	5.5% 3	21.1% 19	16.2% 320
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972