Table 3.

Characteristics Associated with the General Public's Acceptance of Euthanasia in Case of a Patient with Advanced Dementia (n = 1,949) ^a

	Absolute	Euthanasia acceptable	Univariable	Multivariable
	numbers	%	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	985	56.9	Reference	Reference
Female	964	63.4	1.31 (1.10–1.58)	1.35 (1.11–1.64)
Age, y
16–39	409	60.4	1.43 (1.08–1.89)	.96 (.70–1.31)
40–69	1,137	63.0	1.59 (1.27–2.01)	1.28 (1.00–1.64)
≥70	403	51.6	Reference	Reference
Living with partner
No	511	59.3	Reference	—
Yes	1,438	60.4	1.05 (.85–1.28)
Education level b
Low	551	54.3	Reference	Reference
Middle	625	60.0	1.26 (1.00–1.59)	1.26 (.98–1.61)
High	773	64.3	1.52 (1.21–1.90)	1.53 (1.20–1.95)
Background
Non‐Dutch	45	44.4	Reference	Reference
Dutch	1897	60.4	1.90 (1.05–3.45)	1.81 (.96–3.42)
Considers religion important
No	1,571	67.1	Reference	Reference
Yes	378	31.0	.22 (.17–.28)	.23 (.18–.29)
Urbanization level
Low	752	61.3	Reference	—
Middle	400	56.5	.82 (.64–1.05)
High	776	60.6	.97 (.79–1.19)
General health
Less than good	334	60.2	Reference	—
(Very) good	1,615	60.1	1.00 (.78–1.27)
Presence of dementia
No	1962	60.2	Reference	—
Yes	3	.0	.00 (.00‐)

Note: Long dash indicates the item was entered in the regression but was eliminated in the stepwise procedure because P > .10. Statistically significant effects are in boldface type. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

^aThe number of missing varied between 0 and 37 (1.9%).

^bLow: primary education, prevocational secondary (VMBO), the lower years of senior general (HAVO) or pre‐university (VWO) education, or lower level secondary vocational education (MBO‐1).Middle: secondary education diplomas at vocational (MBO 2, 3 or 4), senior general (HAVO) or pre‐university (VWO) level. High: higher (HBO) or university education (WO).