Research Article
Preferences for Advance Directives in Korea
Table 4
Preferences for end-of-life treatment by sociodemographic characteristics (N = 336).
| Characteristics | Categories | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | %* | x2 | % | x2 | % | x2 | % | x2 | % | x2 |
| Age | ≤40 | 60.2 | 0.122 | 12.5 | 2.390 | 21.9 | 6.038 | 7.0 | 0.263 | 10.2 | 1.803 | 41-40 | 58.5 | 9.1 | 13.3 | 7.7 | 6.3 | ≥51 | 60.7 | 5.4 | 9.1 | 5.4 | 10.7 |
| Gender | Male | 62.4 | 0.946 | 9.4 | 0.018 | 19.5 | 2.883 | 5.4 | 1.018 | 10.7 | 0.922 | Female | 57.1 | 9.8 | 12.6 | 8.2 | 7.7 |
| Education | ≤high school | 45.2 | 14.296 | 9.6 | 0.087 | 12.3 | 2.072 | 7.8 | 0.220 | 5.2 | 3.122 | >college | 66.7 | 10.6 | 18.4 | 6.5 | 11.1 |
| Self-reported health status | Good | 59.2 | 2.322 | 8.7 | 0.451 | 21.2 | 2.839 | 7.7 | 0.202 | 7.7 | 0.384 | Neutral | 56.7 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 6.7 | 9.6 | Bad | 68.6 | 11.8 | 16.0 | 5.9 | 9.8 |
| Socioeconomic status | Fairly good | 67.8 | 3.839 | 5.7 | 2.645 | 14.9 | 0.163 | 4.6 | 1.076 | 9.3 | 0.666 | Neutral | 57.5 | 11.4 | 16.6 | 7.4 | 8.0 | Fairly bad | 53.5 | 12.7 | 17.1 | 8.5 | 11.3 |
| Religion | None | 58.6 | 1.065 | 6.3 | 4.803 | 15.2 | 3.646 | 7.1 | 1.915 | 9.0 | 0.704 | Buddhism | 61.1 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | Catholicism | 66.7 | 12.1 | 9.1 | 6.1 | 9.1 | Christianity | 57.6 | 11.2 | 17.6 | 5.6 | 8.0 | Other | 60.0 | 0 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Past experiences of separation by death | Yes | 61.1 | 1.084 | 10.9 | 0.413 | 16.4 | 0.009 | 6.3 | 0.524 | 9.7 | 0.403 | No | 54.8 | 8.5 | 16.0 | 8.5 | 7.4 |
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P1: Preference item 1, P2: Preference item 2, P3: Preference item 3, P4: Preference item 4, and P5: Preference item 5.
*Each percent means how many participants chose yes for that item.
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