The Right to Die II, November 2005

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CREGION (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Census Region
  1) NORTHEAST
  2) MIDWEST
  3) SOUTH
  4) WEST

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
NORTHEAST 646 19.3% 19.3%
MIDWEST 787 23.5% 42.8%
SOUTH 1191 35.5% 78.3%
WEST 728 21.7% 100%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Missing TOTAL
NORTHEAST 15.8%
70
22.2%
123
21.1%
140
19.2%
126
14.4%
64
20.6%
112

12
19.2%
635
MIDWEST 23.6%
105
25.2%
140
22.9%
152
22.3%
146
24.2%
107
23.5%
128

9
23.5%
778
SOUTH 34.0%
151
32.4%
180
35.8%
238
36.6%
240
38.8%
172
36.2%
197

13
35.6%
1178
WEST 26.6%
118
20.2%
112
20.3%
135
21.8%
143
22.6%
100
19.7%
107

12
21.6%
715
TOTAL 100.0%
444
100.0%
555
100.0%
665
100.0%
655
100.0%
443
100.0%
544

46

3306


Education (I-EDUC)

Less than high school High school graduate Some college College graduate Missing TOTAL
NORTHEAST 14.0%
61
18.4%
220
20.8%
167
21.7%
197

1
19.3%
645
MIDWEST 17.2%
75
27.2%
325
22.2%
178
22.5%
204

5
23.4%
782
SOUTH 48.9%
213
36.6%
437
31.0%
249
31.9%
290

2
35.6%
1189
WEST 20.0%
87
17.7%
211
25.9%
208
23.9%
217

5
21.7%
723
TOTAL 100.0%
436
100.0%
1193
100.0%
802
100.0%
908

13

3339


Gender (I-GENDER)

Male Female TOTAL
NORTHEAST 19.8%
318
18.8%
328
19.3%
646
MIDWEST 22.8%
365
24.2%
422
23.5%
787
SOUTH 34.2%
549
36.7%
642
35.5%
1191
WEST 23.2%
372
20.3%
355
21.7%
727
TOTAL 100.0%
1604
100.0%
1747

3351


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Living with a partner Divorced Separated Widowed Never been married Missing TOTAL
NORTHEAST 18.4%
315
23.9%
51
12.5%
41
19.4%
13
18.6%
51
23.0%
167

7
19.2%
638
MIDWEST 24.7%
423
22.5%
48
24.0%
79
17.9%
12
20.8%
57
22.5%
163

5
23.5%
782
SOUTH 35.4%
607
32.4%
69
42.2%
139
44.8%
30
41.2%
113
31.5%
229

4
35.7%
1187
WEST 21.6%
371
21.1%
45
21.3%
70
17.9%
12
19.3%
53
23.0%
167

10
21.6%
718
TOTAL 100.0%
1716
100.0%
213
100.0%
329
100.0%
67
100.0%
274
100.0%
726

26

3325


Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant (include Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Pentecostal, Jehovah's Witness, Church of Christ, etc.) Roman Catholic Jewish Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Other religion No religion, not a believer, atheist, agnostic Missing TOTAL
NORTHEAST 12.3%
204
28.6%
223
48.2%
27
3.1%
2
24.4%
58
25.5%
121

12
19.4%
635
MIDWEST 25.7%
426
25.9%
202
3.6%
2
3.1%
2
17.2%
41
20.5%
97

19
23.5%
770
SOUTH 45.4%
754
20.8%
162
26.8%
15
16.9%
11
34.5%
82
30.4%
144

24
35.7%
1168
WEST 16.6%
275
24.7%
193
21.4%
12
76.9%
50
23.9%
57
23.6%
112

28
21.4%
699
TOTAL 100.0%
1659
100.0%
780
100.0%
56
100.0%
65
100.0%
238
100.0%
474

83

3272


Political party (I-PARTYID)

Republican Democrat Independent No preference Other party Missing TOTAL
NORTHEAST 17.4%
158
18.8%
216
19.9%
196
31.9%
53
0.0%
0

23
19.3%
623
MIDWEST 20.9%
190
27.4%
315
21.3%
210
17.5%
29
16.7%
3

40
23.1%
747
SOUTH 38.9%
354
33.9%
389
34.9%
344
31.9%
53
61.1%
11

41
35.7%
1151
WEST 22.9%
208
19.9%
228
23.9%
235
18.7%
31
22.2%
4

21
21.9%
706
TOTAL 100.0%
910
100.0%
1148
100.0%
985
100.0%
166
100.0%
18

125

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