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When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think Doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his family request it? A. Would you approve of ending a patient's life if a board of doctors appointed by the court agreed that the patient could not be cured?
Allow ending life if board of doctors agrees · Asked in 4 waves, 1977–1983 · 2,699 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Yes | No | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 7% | 93% | 594 | ±5 | |
| Protestant | 6% | 94% | 379 | ±7 | |
| Catholic |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 1983 | 1983-02-23 to 1983-04-27 | face to face | 1,599 | 594 |
| General Social Survey 1982 | 1982-02-11 to 1982-04-27 | face to face | 1,860 | 834 |
| General Social Survey 1978 | 1978-02-13 to 1978-04-29 | face to face | 1,532 | 648 |
| General Social Survey 1977 | 1977-02-09 to 1977-04-24 | face to face | 1,530 | 623 |
| 10% |
| 90% |
| 177 |
| ±10 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | 10 | ±37 |
| Other faith † | Too few respondents | – | – | 9 | ±39 |
| None † | Too few respondents | – | – | 18 | ±28 |
General Social Survey 1983 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.