Table 3.

Summary of LOD results

Set of choices	Deduced range in which dead is located	Midpoint of deduced range (rank)	Latent utility of midpoint	Rescaled utility for 33333
					Adult perspective		Child perspective
					n	%	n	%
BBBBB	1st to 17th ranked states	9	− 1.015	− 8.170	1	0.3	0	0.0
BBBBA	17th to 32nd ranked states	24.5	− 1.826	− 4.098	6	2.0	0	0.0
BBBAB	32nd to 47th ranked states	39.5	− 2.290	− 3.064	4	1.3	1	0.3
BBBAA	47th to 62nd ranked states	54.5	− 2.690	− 2.459	16	5.4	9	3.0
BBABB	62nd to 77th ranked states	69.5	− 3.048	− 2.053	6	2.0	1	0.3
BBABA	77th to 92nd ranked states	84.5	− 3.415	− 1.725	15	5.0	13	4.3
BBAAB	92nd to 107th ranked states	99.5	− 3.728	− 1.496	9	3.0	5	1.7
BBAAA	107th to 122nd ranked states	114.5	− 4.033	− 1.307	25	8.4	19	6.4
BABBB	122nd to 138th ranked states	130	− 4.399	− 1.116	11	3.7	4	1.3
BABBA	138th to 153rd ranked states	145.5	− 4.717	− 0.973	9	3.0	11	3.7
BABAB	153rd to 168th ranked states	160.5	− 5.005	− 0.859	11	3.7	14	4.7
BABAA	168th to 183rd ranked states	175.5	− 5.383	− 0.729	18	6.0	18	6.0
BAABB	183rd to 198th ranked states	190.5	− 5.776	− 0.611	17	5.7	14	4.7
BAABA	198th to 213th ranked states	205.5	− 6.218	− 0.497	18	6.0	21	7.0
BAAAB	213th to 228th ranked states	220.5	− 6.822	− 0.364	21	7.0	20	6.7
BAAAA	228th to 243rd ranked states	235.5	− 7.825	− 0.189	43	14.4	51	17.1
A	Dead cannot be located using LOD tasks	N/A	N/A	N/A	69	23.1	98	32.8
Mean rescaled utility for 33333 (excluding respondents who considered 33333 to be better than dead)					− 1.076		− 0.787
Mean rescaled utility for 33333 (assuming a rescaled utility of 0 for respondents who considered 33333 to be better than dead)					− 0.828		− 0.529
Median rescaled utility for 33333					− 0.497		− 0.364