Table 3.
Relationships Between Patient Characteristics and Advance Directives (ADs) (n = 381)
| Variable | With ADs (n = 185) |
Without ADs (n = 196) |
t/χ2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | No. (%) | |||
| Sex | 5.56 | .018 | ||
| Female | 92 (50) | 121 (62) | ||
| Male | 93 (50) | 75 (38) | ||
| Race | 30.53 | .000 | ||
| White | 161 (90) | 126 (66) | ||
| African American | 18 (10) | 65 (34) | ||
| Marital status | 10.99 | .001 | ||
| Married | 134 (72) | 110 (56) | ||
| Not married | 51 (28) | 86 (44) | ||
| Level of education | 16.89 | .001 | ||
| Less than high school | 5 (3) | 21 (11) | ||
| High school | 83 (46) | 97 (52) | ||
| College | 61 (34) | 55 (29) | ||
| Postcollege | 30 (17) | 14 (8) | ||
| Employment status | 0.259 | .611 | ||
| Employed | 70 (39) | 78 (41) | ||
| Not employed | 110 (61) | 110 (59) | ||
| Income | 14.69 | .001 | ||
| ≤$20,000 | 24 (14) | 52 (28) | ||
| $21,000–$49,999 | 55 (32) | 67 (35) | ||
| ≥$50,000 | 95 (54) | 70 (37) | ||
| Cancer stage | 2.12 | .145 | ||
| I and II | 48 (31) | 61 (38) | ||
| III and IV | 109 (69) | 98 (62) | ||
| History of cancer | 11.69 | .001 | ||
| Yes | 35 (19) | 14 (7) | ||
| No | 147 (81) | 178 (93) | ||
| Performance status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) | 0.006 | .937 | ||
| 0 and 1 | 147 (84) | 156 (85) | ||
| 2 and 3 | 27 (16) | 28 (15) | ||
| Age, mean (SD), y | 63.4 (11.4) | 55.9 (12.3) | 6.18 | .000 |