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

Table 6

Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics of respondents answering “yes” and “no” to question 4 ().

Variables	Total sample ()	Yes ()	No ()	( value)
Gender
Male	350	177	173	0.155 (0.282)
Female	382	178	204
Age
<70 years	226	124	102	5.311 (0.021)
≥70 years	506	231	275
Education
High school graduate or less	513	223	290	17.352 (0.000)
Some college or more	219	132	87
Living condition
Lives alone	81	45	36	1.356 (0.244)
Lives with someone	651	310	341
Marriage
Married	583	289	294	1.322 (0.250)
Unmarried/widowed/divorced	149	66	83
Religiosity
No	710	344	366	0.303 (0.582)
Yes	22	11	11
Monthly income (RMB)
<1300	25	9	16	3.486 (0.323)
1300–5000	627	302	325
>5000	65	37	28
Unknown	15	7	8
Have children
No	19	11	8	0.671 (0.413)
Yes	713	344	369
Support from children
Yes	514	257	257	2.296 (0.317)
No	175	79	96
Refuse to answer	43	19	24
Number of close friends to provide life support and help
0	184	88	96	9.847 (0.020)
1–5	367	164	203
≥6	149	81	68
Unknown	32	22	10