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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2009 Jun 23;20:817–874. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.31
# OF BEANS in plate
X6 Pick the number of beans that reflects how likely you think it is that you will die within a one-year period beginning today. (LEAVE BEANS ON PLATE) [___]
if 10 → X8
X7 Put additional beans so that the number of beans in the plate reflects how likely you think it is that you
a) will die within a five-year period beginning today (LEAVE BEANS ON PLATE; IT IS POSSIBLE TO ADD ZERO ADDITIONAL BEANS) [___]
if 10 → X8
b) will die within a ten-year period beginning today (IT IS POSSIBLE TO ADD ZERO ADDITIONAL BEANS. PUT BEANS BACK IN CUP AFTER RECORDING THE ANSWER) [___]