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Would trust my doctor

Source: R/gss_vars_250.R
trustdoc.Rd

trustdoc

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question People sometimes are incapable of making decisions about their care and medical treatment at the end of life. If you were incapable, how much trust would you put in the following people to do what was best for you? READ RESPONSE CATEGORIES B. I would trust my doctor.

Values

  • [1] completely

  • [2] a great deal

  • [3] somewhat

  • [4] only a little

  • [5] not at all

  • [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

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A/B/C1998

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for trustdoc.

Counts by year:

yeariapcompletelya great dealsomewhatonly a littlenot at alldon't knowno answernot available in this yearTotal
199814453814004419449184-2832
Total1445381400441944918402832

See also

Other Mental Health: docsui, hospice, instrctn, notreat, painmed, rightref, termvig, trustcrt, trustfam

Other Terminal Illness: docsui, hospice, instrctn, notreat, painmed, rightref, termvig, trustcrt, trustfam