General Social Survey, 1978

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LETDIE2 If no or don't know to LETDIE1: Would you approve of ending a patient's life if a board of doctors appointed by the court agreed that the patient could not be cured?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	58	9%	9%	-.8
No	533	82.3%	91.2%	-.25
Don't know	42	6.5%	97.7%	3.03
No answer	15	2.3%	100%	3.57

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Race Religion Political party Region Worship attendance

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-59	60-74	75+	TOTAL
Yes	8.6% 12	6.4% 11	8.3% 14	13.3% 14	11.7% 7	9.0% 58
No	84.3% 118	87.9% 152	83.9% 141	72.4% 76	75.0% 45	82.4% 532
Don't know	5.7% 8	5.2% 9	6.0% 10	9.5% 10	8.3% 5	6.5% 42
No answer	1.4% 2	0.6% 1	1.8% 3	4.8% 5	5.0% 3	2.2% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 173	100.0% 168	100.0% 105	100.0% 60	646

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	8.1% 20	9.5% 38	9.0% 58
No	82.6% 204	82.0% 329	82.3% 533
Don't know	6.1% 15	6.7% 27	6.5% 42
No answer	3.2% 8	1.7% 7	2.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 247	100.0% 401	648

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	8.1% 19	10.1% 33	17.6% 3	3.9% 2	5.6% 1	9.0% 58
No	80.8% 189	81.6% 266	82.4% 14	90.2% 46	94.4% 17	82.4% 532
Don't know	9.0% 21	5.5% 18	0.0% 0	5.9% 3	0.0% 0	6.5% 42
No answer	2.1% 5	2.8% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 326	100.0% 17	100.0% 51	100.0% 18	646

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	9.1% 50	5.7% 5	33.3% 3	9.0% 58
No	82.0% 452	86.4% 76	55.6% 5	82.3% 533
Don't know	6.7% 37	4.5% 4	11.1% 1	6.5% 42
No answer	2.2% 12	3.4% 3	0.0% 0	2.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 88	100.0% 9	648

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	10.1% 44	5.4% 9	12.5% 1	8.0% 2	11.1% 1	8.8% 57
No	80.1% 350	89.2% 149	87.5% 7	76.0% 19	88.9% 8	82.5% 533
Don't know	6.6% 29	5.4% 9	0.0% 0	16.0% 4	0.0% 0	6.5% 42
No answer	3.2% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 437	100.0% 167	100.0% 8	100.0% 25	100.0% 9	646

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes	9.2% 24	8.3% 18	9.8% 16	0.0% 0	9.0% 58
No	81.9% 213	82.4% 178	82.9% 136	100.0% 5	82.5% 532
Don't know	7.3% 19	6.0% 13	5.5% 9	0.0% 0	6.4% 41
No answer	1.5% 4	3.2% 7	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.2% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 260	100.0% 216	100.0% 164	100.0% 5	645

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	11.5% 16	6.7% 12	8.0% 20	12.2% 10	9.0% 58
No	81.3% 113	86.0% 153	81.5% 203	78.0% 64	82.3% 533
Don't know	7.2% 10	5.1% 9	7.6% 19	4.9% 4	6.5% 42
No answer	0.0% 0	2.2% 4	2.8% 7	4.9% 4	2.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 178	100.0% 249	100.0% 82	648

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Less than once a month	Less than once a week	Weekly or more	TOTAL
Yes	11.7% 9	12.7% 20	10.5% 16	5.0% 13	9.0% 58
No	75.3% 58	78.3% 123	82.9% 126	86.9% 225	82.5% 532
Don't know	11.7% 9	7.6% 12	4.6% 7	5.0% 13	6.4% 41
No answer	1.3% 1	1.3% 2	2.0% 3	3.1% 8	2.2% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 157	100.0% 152	100.0% 259	645