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

Table 5

Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics of respondents answering “yes” and “no” to question 3 ().

Variables	Total sample ()	Yes ()	No ()	( value)
Gender
Male	395	67	328	0.19 (0.663)
Female	448	71	377
Age
<70 years	256	56	200	8.138 (0.04)
≥70 years	587	82	505
Education
High school graduate or less	593	79	514	13.569 (0.000)
Some college or more	250	59	191
Living condition
Lives alone	94	17	77	0.261 (0.609)
Lives with someone	749	121	628
Marriage
Married	676	112	564	0.071 (0.789)
Unmarried/widowed/divorced	167	26	141
Religiosity
No	821	136	685	0.466 (0.495)
Yes	22	2	20
Monthly income (RMB)
<1300	30	1	29	6.236 (0.101)
1300–5000	721	117	604
>5000	73	17	56
Unknown	19	3	16
Have children
No	23	6	17	1.631 (0.202)
Yes	820	132	688
Support from children
Yes	592	94	498	1.792 (0.408)
No	201	32	169
Refuse to answer	50	12	38
Number of close friends to provide life support and help
0	212	28	184	4.102 (0.251)
1–5	425	71	354
≥6	165	34	131
Unknown	41	5	36