Table 1.
Sociodemographic, health, and experiential characteristics of the sample (by age group and overall).
| 18–34 years n = 237 % |
35–54 years n = 307 % |
55–64 years n = 171 % |
>65 years n = 112 % |
Overall n = 827 % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 46.0 | 49.2 | 45.6 | 47.3 | 47.3 |
| Female | 54.0 | 50.8 | 55.4 | 52.7 | 52.7 |
| Education | |||||
| < or completed high School | 12.4 | 17.8 | 20.1 | 14.4 | 16.1 |
| Some postsecondary | 56.0 | 54.3 | 52.1 | 55.0 | 53.8 |
| completed Postsecondary | 31.6 | 28.0 | 27.8 | 30.6 | 29.0 |
| Income | |||||
| <$30,000 | 14.3 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 11.6 | 9.8 |
| $30,000 to $59,999 | 27.4 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 30.4 | 21.4 |
| $60,000–89,999 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 14.6 | 19.6 | 18.1 |
| <$90,000 | 21.3 | 38.4 | 35.1 | 8.9 | 28.9 |
| Refused | 23.3 | 19.2 | 26.9 | 29.5 | 21.8 |
| Residence | |||||
| Large urban | 49.4 | 34.2 | 43.3 | 41.1 | 41.4 |
| Other | 50.6 | 65.8 | 56.7 | 58.9 | 58.6 |
| Health conditions | |||||
| None | 56.5 | 44.3 | 27.5 | 10.7 | 39.8 |
| One | 28.7 | 28.3 | 29.2 | 19.6 | 27.4 |
| Two or more | 14.8 | 27.4 | 43.3 | 69.6 | 32.8 |
| Involved in funeral planning for relative or close friend | |||||
| Never | 74.3% | 36.5% | 17.5% | 9.8% | 39.8% |
| Once | 19.8% | 29.3% | 24.6% | 18.8% | 24.2% |
| Twice or more | 5.9% | 34.2% | 57.9% | 71.4% | 36.0% |