Individual variation in discussing any end-of-life wishes
| Independent variables | Not discussed | Has discussed | ||||||
| Weighted n=1401 | Weighted % | Unweighted n=1345 | Unweighted % | Weighted n=657.5 | Weighted % | Unweighted n=697 | Unweighted % | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 669.7 | 62.5 | 705 | 61.8 | 402.4 | 37.5 | 436 | 38.2 |
| Female | 730.8 | 74.1 | 640 | 71.0 | 255.1 | 25.9 | 261 | 29.0 |
| Age | ||||||||
| Median (IQR; min–max) | 44 (31–59; 18–95) | – | 49 (37–65; 18–95) | – | 51 (37–65; 18–93) | – | 57 (43–70; 18–93) | – |
| 18–24 | 208.5 | 80.6 | 114 | 78.6 | 50.3 | 19.4 | 31 | 21.4 |
| 25–34 | 242.3 | 74.3 | 181 | 74.2 | 83.9 | 25.7 | 63 | 25.8 |
| 35–44 | 261.0 | 71.5 | 261 | 71.3 | 103.9 | 28.5 | 105 | 28.7 |
| 45–54 | 250.8 | 66.7 | 232 | 65.9 | 125.2 | 33.3 | 120 | 34.1 |
| 55–64 | 183.2 | 59.8 | 205 | 61.2 | 123.1 | 40.2 | 130 | 38.8 |
| 65≤ | 252.0 | 59.8 | 350 | 58.6 | 169.3 | 40.2 | 247 | 41.4 |
| Country of birth | ||||||||
| In the UK | 1037.7 | 68.5 | 1057 | 67.0 | 478.2 | 31.5 | 521 | 33.0 |
| Outside the UK | 363.3 | 67.0 | 288 | 62.1 | 9178.8 | 33.0 | 176 | 37.9 |
| Country of residence | ||||||||
| Scotland | 111.9 | 65.6 | 116 | 63.7 | 58.7 | 34.4 | 66 | 36.3 |
| Wales | 60.1 | 61.1 | 58 | 63.0 | 38.3 | 38.9 | 34 | 37.0 |
| England | 1228.3 | 68.7 | 1171 | 66.2 | 560.5 | 31.3 | 597 | 33.8 |
| Community environment | ||||||||
| Big city/suburbs or outskirts of a big city | 477.0 | 69.6 | 451 | 66.9 | 208.1 | 30.4 | 223 | 33.1 |
| Small city or town | 569.2 | 67.4 | 565 | 65.5 | 275.7 | 32.6 | 298 | 34.5 |
| Village, farm or country home | 292.4 | 64.7 | 310 | 63.1 | 159.5 | 35.3 | 181 | 36.9 |
| Housing tenure | ||||||||
| Owns their residence | 950.9 | 68.3 | 906 | 66.0 | 440.7 | 31.7 | 467 | 34.0 |
| Rents/part-owns their residence | 438.0 | 67.1 | 429 | 65.3 | 214.9 | 32.9 | 228 | 34.7 |
| Cohabitation | ||||||||
| Alone | 204.7 | 62.4 | 365 | 62.1 | 123.6 | 37.6 | 223 | 37.9 |
| Living with at least one other person | 1187.0 | 69.0 | 976 | 67.4 | 532.1 | 31.0 | 473 | 32.6 |
| Education | ||||||||
| No qualifications | 250.3 | 64.2 | 294 | 63.0 | 139.8 | 35.8 | 173 | 37.0 |
| Secondary school qualification | 317.3 | 70.2 | 301 | 68.4 | 134.7 | 29.8 | 139 | 31.6 |
| Postsecondary qualification | 428.6 | 69.6 | 368 | 67.3 | 187.5 | 30.4 | 179 | 32.7 |
| University qualification | 296.8 | 68.6 | 258 | 66.2 | 135.7 | 31.4 | 132 | 33.8 |
| Household income per month | ||||||||
| £1200≥ | 290.7 | 66.9 | 359 | 66.7 | 144.1 | 33.2 | 179 | 33.3 |
| £1201–2200 | 221.4 | 64.0 | 240 | 62.8 | 124.8 | 36.0 | 142 | 37.2 |
| £2201–3700 | 283.2 | 68.5 | 258 | 66.0 | 130.5 | 31.5 | 133 | 34.0 |
| £3701≤ | 328.4 | 72.7 | 264 | 70.2 | 123.6 | 27.3 | 112 | 29.8 |
| Experience working in health or social care | ||||||||
| No experience | 1238.0 | 70.1 | 1180 | 67.7 | 528.5 | 29.9 | 563 | 32.3 |
| Has experience | 157.8 | 55.2 | 159 | 54.5 | 128.2 | 44.8 | 133 | 45.5 |
| Living with a chronic condition or disability | ||||||||
| No chronic condition/disability | 1093.0 | 71.2 | 972 | 69.0 | 442.2 | 28.8 | 437 | 31.0 |
| Has a chronic condition/disability | 306.4 | 58.7 | 372 | 58.9 | 215.3 | 41.3 | 260 | 41.1 |
| Religious beliefs | ||||||||
| Has religious beliefs | 678.2 | 63.4 | 687 | 61.9 | 392.1 | 36.6 | 423 | 38.1 |
| No religious beliefs | 722.4 | 73.5 | 657 | 71.0 | 261.0 | 26.5 | 269 | 29.0 |
| Death of a close person in the last 5 years | ||||||||
| No | 548.5 | 73.7 | 528 | 71.9 | 195.5 | 26.3 | 206 | 28.1 |
| Yes | 849.8 | 64.9 | 814 | 62.4 | 460.4 | 35.1 | 490 | 37.6 |
| Comfort talking about death | ||||||||
| Comfortable | 953.3 | 64.0 | 915 | 61.5 | 528.3 | 36.0 | 573 | 38.5 |
| Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable | 259.1 | 74.0 | 253 | 74.0 | 91.0 | 26.0 | 89 | 26.0 |
| Uncomfortable | 184.7 | 83.0 | 173 | 83.6 | 36.9 | 17.0 | 34 | 16.4 |
| Preferred information source for end-of-life care | ||||||||
| General practitioner/doctor | 417.4 | 68.0 | 385 | 64.8 | 196.2 | 32.0 | 209 | 35.2 |
| Friends or family | 354.8 | 64.3 | 334 | 62.1 | 197.4 | 35.7 | 204 | 37.9 |
| Other source | 363.2 | 64.8 | 356 | 63.2 | 197.1 | 35.2 | 207 | 36.8 |
Table presents number of respondents reporting a discussion on any wishes and percentages calculated in rows.