Table 2.
Characteristics of survey respondents with and without advance directives according to educational level and stratified by race/ethnicity,a n (%)b
| Has advance directive | Does not have advance directive | |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1592 (30.6) | 3605 (69.4) |
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| <High school graduate | 47 (20.1) | 187 (79.9) |
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| High school graduate | 303 (24.2) | 950 (75.8) |
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| Some college | 559 (30) | 1305 (70) |
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| College graduate | 360 (33.7) | 707 (66.3) |
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| Post-graduate | 323 (41.5) | 456 (58.5) |
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| Black | 169 (17) | 824 (83) |
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| <High school graduate | 7 (10.1) | 62 (89.9) |
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| High school graduate | 40 (15.6) | 216 (84.4) |
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| Some college | 59 (14.6) | 346 (85.5) |
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| College graduate | 35 (23.2) | 116 (76.8) |
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| Post-graduate | 28 (25) | 84 (75) |
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| Hispanic | 175 (16.7) | 876 (83.3) |
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| <High school graduate | 11 (8.3) | 122 (91.7) |
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| High school graduate | 37 (13.5) | 237 (86.5) |
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| Some college | 72 (17.3) | 343 (82.7) |
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| College graduate | 24 (18) | 109 (82) |
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| Post-graduate | 31 (32.3) | 65 (67.7) |
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| Other | 139 (21.6) | 505 (78.4) |
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| <High school graduate | 3 (7.5) | 37 (92.5) |
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| High school graduate | 13 (12) | 95 (88) |
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| Some college | 50 (22.4) | 173 (77.6) |
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| College graduate | 42 (26.3) | 118 (73.8) |
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| Post-graduate | 31 (27.4) | 82 (72.6) |
a
This analysis required respondents to have complete data for race, education, and the advance directive items. Thus, there may be differences between the total numbers for race in this table and Table 1 (which only required complete data for individual bivariate comparisons).
b
Percentages represent row percentages.