Table 4.

Correlation matrix of demographical variables and stages of readiness for ACP.

Demographical Characteristics	Six Ordinal Stages	Dichotomous Stages
Age	0.36 **	0.41 **
Gender	0.08	0.13
Life partner	−0.01	−0.09
Parents deceased	0.61 **	0.40 **
Education	0.05	0.09
Household income	0.02	0.23 *
Employment	−0.06	−0.07
Religion beliefs	0.04	0.04

* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).