Table 3.
Reporting of recommended characteristics before, during, and after legislation changes legalizing AS.
| Coding categories | Total n (all 3 periods) (n = 906) | Period 1 (2017–2019) (n = 103) | Period 2 (2020–2021) (n = 719) | Period 3 (2022) (n = 84) | Comparison of period 1 vs. 21 | Comparison of period 2 vs. 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended characteristics | ||||||
| Debunking false myths | 314 (34.7) | 37 (35.9) | 265 (36.9) | 12 (14.3) | 0.03 | 16.96*** |
| Social pressure | 227 (25.1) | 6 (5.8) | 211 (29.3) | 10 (11.9) | 25.65*** | 11.47*** |
| Reference to crisis intervention services, counseling, or mental health treatment services | 34 (3.8) | 9 (8.7) | 17 (2.4) | 8 (9.5) | n/a** | n/a** |
| AS related to crisis or mental health problems | 91 (10.0) | 16 (15.5) | 71 (9.9) | 4 (4.8) | 3.05 | 2.32 |
| Alternative(s) to AS | 392 (43.3) | 38 (36.9) | 321 (44.6) | 33 (39.3) | 2.20 | 0.88 |
| Different outcome than AS | 13 (1.4) | 1 (1.0) | 12 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | n/a | n/a |
| Healing bereaved | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – | – |
Values are presented as frequencies with percentages given in parentheses. Symbols (*) indicate significant differences with chi-squared tests or, in case of low frequencies, Fisher’s exact tests; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 (two-tailed).
n/a = not applicable (Fisher’s exact test).
1The degrees of freedom are 1 for chi-squared tests.