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

Table 4

Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics of respondents answering “yes” and “no” to question 2 ().

Variables	Total sample ()	Yes ()	No ()	( value)
Gender
Male	371	225	146	0.058 (0.81)
Female	413	247	166
Age
<70 years	241	153	88	1.564 (0.211)
≥70 years	543	319	224
Education
High school graduate or less	554	326	228	1.347 (0.262)
Some college or more	230	146	84
Living condition
Lives alone	85	54	31	0.229 (0.632)
Lives with someone	699	418	281
Marriage
Married	628	381	247	0.247 (0.619)
Unmarried/widowed/divorced	156	91	65
Religiosity
No	764	456	308	3.317 (0.103)
Yes	20	16	4
Monthly income (RMB)
<1300	28	15	13	3.325 (0.358)
1300–5000	673	409	264
>5000	66	41	25
Unknown	17	7	10
Have children
No	22	11	11	0.984 (0.321)
Yes	762	461	301
Support from children
Yes	546	343	203	2.590 (1.108)
No	195	109	86
Refuse to answer	43	20	23
Number of close friends to provide life support and help
0	199	115	84	4.899 (0.179)
1–5	399	232	167
≥6	152	104	48
Unknown	34	21	13