From: Exploring patient-reported barriers to advance care planning in family practice
Characteristic | N (%) |
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Age, years, mean ± SD (minimum to maximum) | 66 ± 10 (50 to 95) |
Sex | |
 Female | 450 (55.6) |
Marital status | |
 Married or living as married | 558 (69.0) |
 Widowed | 100 (12.4) |
 Never married, divorced | 151 (18.7) |
Lives alone | 179 (22.1) |
Urban residence (self-defined) | 718 (89.1) |
Highest level of education | |
 Some or completed post-secondary | 500 (61.9) |
Spirituality or religion very or extremely important | 365 (45.2) |
Identifies with formal religious group or practice | |
 Protestant | 295 (36.6) |
 Catholic | 194 (24.1) |
 Other | 136 (16.9) |
 None | 180 (22.4) |