Planning for Serious Illness by the General Public: A Population-Based Survey

Table 3

Adjusted¹ associations between respondent characteristics and aspects of planning for serious illness.

	Important or very important to plan for care	Discussed treatment wishes OR (95% CI)	Discussed unacceptable conditions OR (95% CI)	LW or ACP completed OR (95% CI)
Female	2.05^¶	0.75	1.04	0.91
(ref: male)	(1.45–2.90)	(0.56–1.01)	(0.77–1.40)	(0.61–1.36)
Age 35–54 years	0.69	0.87	0.87	1.17
(ref: <18–34 years)	(0.44–1.07)	(0.59–1.29)	(0.59–1.28)	(0.63–2.16)
Age 55–64 years	0.67	0.75	0.58^†	1.33
(ref: <18–34 years)	(0.38–1.16)	(0.46–1.20)	(0.29–0.78)	(0.67–2.60)
Age ≥65 years	0.76	1.20	0.65^†	2.47^‡
(ref: <18–34 years)	(0.52–1.84)	(0.67–2.14)	(0.37–1.14)	(1.19–5.14)
Some postsecondary education	1.51	1.25	1.51^†	1.04
(ref: ≤high school)	(0.96–2.36)	(0.83–1.90)	(1.01–2.28)	(0.60–1.78)
Completed postsecondary	1.82^†	1.07	1.08	0.86
(ref: <high school)	(1.08–3.05)	(0.68–1.71)	(0.68–1.72)	(0.46–1.61)
Income of $30,000–59,999	0.97	1.04	1.04	0.81
(ref: <$30,000)	(0.51–1.83)	(0.59–1.82)	(0.59–1.83)	(0.39–1.70)
Income of >$60,000–89,999	1.21	0.75	0.91	0.61
(ref: <$30,000)	(0.62–2.37)	(0.42–1.34)	(0.52–1.83)	(0.28–1.36)
Income ≥$90,000	1.04	0.93	0.91	0.90
(ref: <$30,000)	(0.54–2.01)	(0.53–1.64)	(0.52–1.59)	(0.43–1.89)
Income unspecified	1.15	0.74	0.84	0.73
(ref: <$30,000)	(0.82–1.63)	(0.42–1.31)	(0.62–1.13)	(0.35–1.51)
Rural residence	1.15	0.86	0.85	0.67^∗
(ref: urban)	(0.82–1.63)	(0.64–1.20)	(0.62–1.16)	(0.45–0.99)
One health condition	0.96	1.09	1.17	1.23
(ref: 0 conditions)	(0.64–1.44)	(0.76–1.56)	(0.82–1.69)	(0.75–2.03)
Two or more health conditions	1.33	1.53^†	1.76^‡	1.02
(ref: 0 conditions)	(0.86–2.07)	(1.05–2.21)	(1.22–2.56)	(0.61–1.68)
Involved in planning one funeral	1.73^†	1.89^‡	1.59^†	1.62
(ref: no previous involvement in funeral)	(1.10–2.72)	(1.05–2.34)	(1.07–2.34)	(0.88–2.97)
Involved in planning two or more funerals	1.83^†	3.38^¶	3.48^¶	3.54^¶
(ref: no previous involvement in funeral)	(1.16–2.88)	(2.26–5.06)	(2.32–5.21)	(2.00–6.27)

1Adjusted for each of the variables listed in the table.
^∗𝑃<0.10.
^†𝑃<0.05.
^‡𝑃<0.01.
^¶𝑃<0.001.