Table 2.
Univariable Analyses of the Influence of Sociocultural Variables on Ease in Discussing Death
| Ease in discussing death† (Median, IQR/Spearman's Correlation Coefficient) | p value | |
| Ethnicity | 0.82 | |
| Chinese | 8.0 (7.0, 9.0) | |
| Malays | 8.0 (5.0, 10) | |
| Indians | 8.0 (6.0, 10) | |
| Age (years) | -0.094 | 0.47 |
| Gender | 0.57 | |
| Male | 7.5 (7.0, 10) | |
| Female | 8.0 (6.0, 10) | |
| Education (years) | 0.25 | 0.045 |
| Chronic medical conditions | 0.32 | |
| No | 8.0 (7.0, 10) | |
| Yes | 8.0 (5.3, 10) | |
| Working | 0.69 | |
| No | 8.0 (7.0, 9.5) | |
| Yes | 7.5 (5.8, 10) | |
| Healthcare background | 0.55 | |
| No | 8.0 (7.0, 10) | |
| Yes | 8.0 (5.5, 9.0) | |
| Religiosity† | 0.042 | 0.74 |
IQR – interquartile range. †Self-reported on a 0 to 10 Likert-type scale, where a higher score indicates greater ease in discussing death/higher religiosity.