Attitudes towards Advance Care Planning and Healthcare Autonomy among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Beijing, China

Table 7

Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics of respondents answering “yes” and “no” to question 5 ().

Variables	Total sample ()	Yes ()	No ()	( value)
Gender
Male	276	37	239	0.013 (0.91)
Female	306	42	264
Age
<70 years	189	17	172	5.503 (0.025)
≥70 years	393	62	331
Education
High school graduate or less	397	58	339	1.142 (0.285)
Some college or more	185	21	164
Living condition
Lives alone	62	6	56	0.855 (0.355)
Lives with someone	520	73	447
Marriage
Married	468	68	400	1.861 (0.172)
Unmarried/widowed/divorced	114	11	103
Religiosity
No	562	76	486	0 (1.000)
Yes	20	3	17
Monthly income (RMB)
<1300	16	2	14	1.704 (0.636)
1300–5000	508	71	437
>5000	48	6	42
Unknown	10	0	10
Have children
No	17	3	14	0.026 (0.873)
Yes	565	76	489
Support from children
Yes	406	61	345	0.210 (0.350)
No	150	16	134
Refuse to answer	26	2	24
Number of close friends to provide life support and help
0	137	22	115	17.117 (0.001)
1–5	293	43	250
≥6	127	12	115
Unknown	25	2	23