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Table 6 Univariable Analyses of the Influence of Sociocultural Variables on "Pits" and "All-Worst".

From: Are Asians comfortable with discussing death in health valuation studies? A study in multi-ethnic Singapore

 

Acceptability of (Median, IQR/Spearman's Correlation Coefficient)

 

Pits

p value

All-Worst

p value

Ethnicity

 

0.17

 

<0.001

   Chinese

5.0 (0, 7.3)

 

7.5 (4.8, 8.0)

 

   Malays

2.5 (0, 5.0)

 

5.0 (1.3, 7.0)

 

   Indians

6.0 (1.0, 8.5)

 

9.0 (7.0, 10)

 

Age per 10 years

0.18

0.89

1.00

0.43

Gender

 

0.82

 

0.83

   Male

5.0 (0, 7.3)

 

7.0 (5.0, 9.3)

 

   Female

4.0 (0.5, 8.0)

 

7.0 (4.5, 9.0)

 

Education (years)

0.025

0.85

-0.23

0.075

Chronic medical conditions

 

0.46

 

0.22

   No

4.0 (1.0, 8.0)

 

7.0 (5.0, 8.0)

 

   Yes

3.5 (0, 7.5)

 

8.0 (5.0, 9.8)

 

Working

 

0.09

 

0.23

   No

3.0 (0, 5.0)

 

7.0 (4.0, 8.0)

 

   Yes

5.0 (0, 8.0)

 

8.0 (5.0, 9.3)

 

Healthcare background

 

0.46

 

0.090

   No

4.0 (0, 7.5)

 

8.0 (5.0, 9.0)

 

   Yes

5.0 (2.5, 8.0)

 

6.0 (4.0, 7.5)

 

Religiosity

-0.026

0.84

0.17

0.19

  1. IQR – interquartile range.
  2. Self-reported on a 0 to 10 Likert-type scale, where a higher score indicates greater acceptability/higher religiosity.