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Table 2 Care homes as the least preferred place of death (n = 2,653) by participant’s characteristics (N = 9,344)

From: Choosing care homes as the least preferred place to die: a cross-national survey of public preferences in seven European countries

 

EN n(%)

FL n(%)

DE n(%)

IT n(%)

NL n(%)

PT n(%)

ES n(%)

All n(%)

Marital status

 

*

      

  Married or with a partner

229 (28.9)

168 (18.9)

176 (23.5)

285 (35.9)

381 (42.1)

193 (25.9)

275 (35.7)

1,707 (30.2)

  Divorced or separated

38 (22.9)

27 (27.0)

29 (20.1)

27 (34.6)

44 (43.6)

17 (20.5)

31 (36.0)

213 (28.1)

  Widowed

34 (28.1)

13 (14.9)

24 (31.2)

32 (39.0)

53 (39.8)

30 (32.3)

41 (45.1)

227 (33.2)

  Single

60 (29.4)

13 (12.3)

78 (24.4)

111 (38.7)

62 (39.2)

63 (25.3)

102 (36.0)

489 (33.4)

Activities in the last seven days

        

  Unemployed

   

**

    

  Yes

22 (36.1)

12 (25.0)

9 (14.3)

23 (22.5)

17 (37.0)

27 (27.6)

57 (33.9)

167 (28.5)

  No

340 (27.6)

212 (18.6)

298 (24.3)

434 (38.1)

523 (41.8)

276 (25.7)

395 (37.1)

2,478 (30.5)

  Permanently sick or disabled

 

**

      

  Yes

14 (21.9)

15 (35.7)

41 (26.8)

2 (22.2)

39 (37.5)

12 (34.3)

17 (37.0)

140 (30.9)

  No

348 (28.4)

209 (18.2)

266 (23.4)

455 (36.9)

501 (42.0)

291 (25.5)

435 (36.7)

2,505 (30.3)

  Doing housework

  

**

 

*

   

  Yes

114 (29.9)

62 (20.5)

87 (19.2)

112 (36.1)

130 (36.2)

49 (24.9)

121 (36.1)

675 (28.9)

  No

248 (27.3)

162 (18.2)

220 (26.3)

345 (37.0)

410 (43.7)

254 (26.0)

331 (36.9)

1,970 (30.9)

Age

        

  Mean age

54.3 vs 53.9

52.3 vs 51.9

48.9 vs 46.4

48.9 vs 47.4

55.5 vs 53.4

50.4 vs 48.9

47.8 vs 47.0

51.2 vs 49.9

  Age bands

 

*

*

 

*

  

**

  16-29

30 (28.8)

9 (10.5)

40 (19.8)

65 (38.2)

19 (31.7)

40 (24.8)

71 (36.6)

274 (28.0)

  30-39

39 (26.9)

22 (20.0)

33 (17.6)

48 (30.8)

43 (34.1)

42 (24.9)

72 (35.6)

299 (27.2)

  40-49

62 (24.8)

59 (23.8)

89 (25.5)

67 (30.3)

109 (38.9)

57 (25.7)

95 (36.5)

538 (29.4)

  50-59

75 (30.0)

63 (21.2)

71 (27.2)

107 (42.8)

145 (47.7)

52 (23.6)

92 (36.1)

605 (32.9)

  60-69

88 (28.8)

42 (17.4)

43 (24.2)

75 (42.9)

121 (41.4)

57 (27.9)

70 (40.9)

496 (31.6)

  70+

63 (28.4)

23 (20.2)

31 (28.7)

34 (34.0)

82 (44.1)

43 (30.1)

46 (40.0)

322 (32.6)

Born in country

  

*

 

*

  

**

  Yes

326 (28.3)

218 (19.2)

290 (24.6)

435 (36.5)

518 (42.2)

280 (26.4)

419 (36.5)

2,486 (30.7)

  No

36 (25.5)

8 (13.3)

18 (15.0)

22 (43.1)

23 (30.3)

24 (20.7)

35 (41.2)

166 (25.6)

Gender

  

*

     

  Male

129 (27.9)

83 (20.3)

147 (27.2)

124 (35.9)

177 (40.0)

82 (23.3)

128 (33.0)

870 (29.6)

  Female

232 (28.0)

143 (18.2)

161 (21.2)

333 (37.0)

365 (42.4)

222 (26.9)

326 (38.4)

1,782 (30.7)

Experience caring for close relative/friend in last months of life

   

*

   

**

  Yes

186 (28.4)

119 (20.1)

151 (24.3)

292 (39.3)

293 (42.8)

167 (26.6)

250 (36.1)

1,458 (31.6)

  No

175 (27.6)

105 (17.8)

153 (23.0)

160 (32.5)

248 (40.2)

135 (25.2)

199 (37.3)

1,175 (28.9)

Close relative/friend with serious illness

       

*

  Yes

243 (29.7)

142 (19.7)

197 (23.8)

302 (36.1)

397 (42.3)

166 (24.3)

313 (37.5)

1,760 (31.1)

  No

119 (25.3)

80 (17.3)

106 (23.1)

149 (38.0)

144 (39.7)

136 (28.4)

137 (34.9)

871 (28.9)

Religion or denomination

       

*

  Yes

216 (29.1)

121 (19.6)

178 (24.1)

374 (37.5)

255 (43.2)

249 (27.1)

317 (36.9)

1,710 (31.3)

  No

143 (26.3)

105 (18.5)

129 (23.3)

80 (33.9)

285 (40.1)

55 (21.8)

131 (36.0)

928 (28.7)

  1. DE: Germany; EN: England; ES: Spain; FL: Flanders; IT: Italy; NL: Netherlands; PT: Portugal; Vs: versus.
  2. Only variables found to be significant in bivariate analysis for at least one country or all countries together are shown here. *P values ≤0.05. **P values ≤0.01.