letdie1
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Question 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?
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[1]yes[2]no[NA(d)]don't know[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Question Years and Ballots
| ballots | years |
| -/- | 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 |
| A/B | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | yes | no | don't know | no answer | skipped on web | Total |
| 1977 | - | 907 | 546 | 66 | 11 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 884 | 587 | 60 | 1 | - | 1532 |
| 1982 | - | 1026 | 737 | 91 | 6 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 1005 | 519 | 70 | 5 | - | 1599 |
| 1985 | - | 976 | 513 | 43 | 2 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 965 | 448 | 53 | 4 | - | 1470 |
| 1988 | 493 | 648 | 287 | 48 | 5 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 657 | 300 | 45 | 4 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 635 | 243 | 47 | 3 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 719 | 255 | 48 | 2 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 696 | 323 | 57 | 4 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 1334 | 537 | 96 | 10 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | 1329 | 548 | 78 | 5 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 1259 | 499 | 106 | 7 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | 1205 | 565 | 100 | 7 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 599 | 288 | 19 | 2 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1906 | 596 | 275 | 30 | 5 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2518 | 1309 | 616 | 59 | 8 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 1375 | 416 | 202 | 29 | 1 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 614 | 943 | 446 | 30 | 11 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 672 | 848 | 402 | 44 | 8 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 863 | 1121 | 496 | 47 | 11 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 979 | 1350 | 482 | 46 | 10 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 789 | 1096 | 411 | 38 | 14 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 2689 | 934 | 382 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2339 | 882 | 291 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 2200 | 748 | 310 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 3309 |
| Total | 25148 | 25087 | 11508 | 1410 | 162 | 34 | 63349 |