NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2008
Module:Attitudes_to_Older_People
Variable:HEARTOP

Suppose a young man with three children and an older man of 70 are both on the waiting list for a heart by-pass operation. They are both equally in need and have been on the waiting list for exactly the same time. If you were the surgeon and had a choice, which man would you prefer to treat first?

	%
Younger man first	76
Older man first	6
(It depends)	15
(Other)	1
(Both/equallly)	0
Don't know	2

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Younger man first	78	75
Older man first	5	8
(it depends)	14	16
(other)	1	0
(both/equallly)	1	0
Don't know	2	1

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Younger man first	72	75	74	78	80	77
Older man first	8	6	6	6	4	8
(it depends)	17	15	17	16	12	13
(other)	0	0	0	0	2	1
(both/equallly)	0	1	1	0	0	0
Don't know	4	2	2	1	2	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Younger man first 73 79 77
Older man first 6 7 7
(it depends) 17 12 14
(other) 1 1 0
(both/equallly) 0 0 1
Don't know 3 1 1

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