Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents (N = 348)
Variables | US (N = 162) | Taiwan (N = 186) | Chi-square | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 60 | 37.04 | 39 | 20.97 | 12.65 | < 0.0001 |
Female | 102 | 62.96 | 147 | 79.03 | ||
Education level | ||||||
Junior high school and below | 4 | 2.47 | 3 | 1.61 | 42.34 | < 0.0001 |
High school and equivalents | 21 | 12.96 | 24 | 12.90 | ||
College | 51 | 31.48 | 118 | 63.44 | ||
Graduate school | 86 | 53.09 | 41 | 22.04 | ||
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 63 | 38.89 | 86 | 46.24 | 9.72 | 0.045 |
Married | 77 | 47.53 | 83 | 44.62 | ||
Separate/divorced | 12 | 7.41 | 10 | 5.38 | ||
Windowed | 10 | 6.17 | 7 | 3.76 | ||
Age group | ||||||
Young adults (18–30) | 53 | 32.72 | 72 | 38.71 | 2.67 | 0.260 |
Adults (31–60) | 49 | 30.25 | 60 | 32.26 | ||
Older adults (60+) | 60 | 37.04 | 54 | 29.03 | ||
Full-time employment: yes | 94 | 58.02 | 92 | 49.46 | 2.51 | 0.068 |
People close to you have engaged in end-of-life care planning: yes | 87 | 53.70 | 75 | 40.32 | 6.23 | 0.008 |
Perceived importance of preparing an advance directive: yes | 129 | 79.63 | 166 | 89.25 | 6.20 | 0.011 |
Willingness to discuss end-of-life care: yes | 147 | 90.74 | 183 | 98.39 | 10.32 | 0.001 |
Willingness to have family sign advance directive for self: yes | 75 | 46.30 | 110 | 59.14 | 5.73 | 0.011 |
The belief that advance directive decisions would be consistent between self and family: yes | 127 | 78.40 | 94 | 50.54 | 28.99 | < 0.0001 |