Table 1.1. Basic Sociodemographic Characteristics and Predictors in Five Samples.
| Variable | Swiss (n = 214) (MAge = 38.7) |
Chinese (n = 325) (MAge = 33.3) |
Israel (n = 544) (MAge = 41.4) |
Portuguese (n = 218) (MAge = 32.8) |
Irish (n = 830) (MAge = 45.4) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 33 | 15.4 | 104 | 32 | 246 | 45.2 | 43 | 17.5 | 411 | 49.5 |
| Female | 178 | 83.2 | 212 | 65.2 | 298 | 54.8 | 203 | 82.5 | 419 | 50.5 |
| Other | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Item | ||||||||||
| Severe human suffering (LEC Item 13) | 83 | 38.8 | 65 | 20.0 | 39 | 7.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Sudden, violent death (LEC Item 14)a | 62 | 29.0 | 53 | 16.3 | 71 | 13.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Accidental death (LEC Item 15) | 57 | 26.6 | 99 | 30.5 | 173 | 31.8 | – | – | – | – |
| Serious injury, harm or death you caused (LEC Item 16) | 6 | 2.8 | 49 | 15.1 | 11 | 2.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Serious injury, harm or death you caused (ITEM Item 12) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 4.2 |
| Sudden, violent or accidental death (ITEM Item 13) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 224 | 27.0 |
aLEC items 14 and 15 were merged in the logistic regression. Data was not collected for the Portuguese sample.