letdie2
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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? 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?
Values
[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
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | yes | no | don't know | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1977 | 907 | 66 | 488 | 53 | 16 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 884 | 58 | 533 | 42 | 15 | - | 1532 |
| 1982 | 1026 | 46 | 707 | 59 | 22 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1005 | 36 | 496 | 53 | 9 | - | 1599 |
| Total | 3822 | 206 | 2224 | 207 | 62 | 0 | 6521 |