General Social Survey, 2000

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LETDIE1 When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his family request it?   1) Yes   2) No   8) Don't know   9) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1205	64.2%	64.2%	-.43
No	565	30.1%	94.3%	.18
Don't know	100	5.3%	99.6%	3.86
No answer	7	.4%	100%	4.48

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Household income Political ideology Religion Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes	69.0% 263	65.2% 401	65.9% 373	53.5% 166	64.3% 1203
No	24.9% 95	30.1% 185	28.8% 163	38.7% 120	30.1% 563
Don't know	5.8% 22	4.2% 26	4.8% 27	7.7% 24	5.3% 99
No answer	0.3% 1	0.5% 3	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 381	100.0% 615	100.0% 566	100.0% 310	1872

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	68.4% 545	61.1% 660	64.2% 1205
No	26.9% 214	32.5% 351	30.1% 565
Don't know	4.1% 33	6.2% 67	5.3% 100
No answer	0.6% 5	0.2% 2	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 797	100.0% 1080	1877

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Yes	63.5% 535	51.8% 100	68.9% 195	68.8% 55	66.7% 319	64.2% 1204
No	30.8% 259	38.9% 75	27.2% 77	26.3% 21	27.8% 133	30.1% 565
Don't know	5.1% 43	8.8% 17	3.5% 10	5.0% 4	5.4% 26	5.3% 100
No answer	0.6% 5	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 842	100.0% 193	100.0% 283	100.0% 80	100.0% 478	1876

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	68.1% 1001	46.2% 144	63.2% 60	64.2% 1205
No	26.6% 391	45.8% 143	32.6% 31	30.1% 565
Don't know	5.0% 73	7.7% 24	3.2% 3	5.3% 100
No answer	0.3% 5	0.3% 1	1.1% 1	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1470	100.0% 312	100.0% 95	1877

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K - 19,999	$20K - 24,999	$25K+	TOTAL
Yes	53.8% 98	59.4% 168	57.7% 75	70.6% 731	65.8% 1072
No	39.6% 72	35.3% 100	38.5% 50	24.5% 254	29.2% 476
Don't know	6.6% 12	5.3% 15	3.8% 5	4.3% 45	4.7% 77
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 5	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 283	100.0% 130	100.0% 1035	1630

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	TOTAL
Yes	76.1% 357	67.5% 476	52.9% 310	64.9% 1143
No	20.7% 97	26.7% 188	41.5% 243	30.0% 528
Don't know	3.2% 15	5.4% 38	5.1% 30	4.7% 83
No answer	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.5% 3	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 469	100.0% 705	100.0% 586	1760

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	TOTAL
Yes	59.3% 606	65.6% 290	91.9% 34	78.7% 214	59.4% 60	64.2% 1204
No	35.2% 360	28.1% 124	2.7% 1	16.2% 44	33.7% 34	30.0% 563
Don't know	5.2% 53	5.7% 25	5.4% 2	5.1% 14	5.9% 6	5.3% 100
No answer	0.3% 3	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 1022	100.0% 442	100.0% 37	100.0% 272	100.0% 101	1874

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Yes	55.2% 165	64.4% 648	70.4% 95	68.1% 201	68.9% 91	64.3% 1200
No	36.8% 110	30.8% 310	25.2% 34	25.1% 74	26.5% 35	30.2% 563
Don't know	7.7% 23	4.3% 43	4.4% 6	6.8% 20	3.8% 5	5.2% 97
No answer	0.3% 1	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 1006	100.0% 135	100.0% 295	100.0% 132	1867