Saturday, July 26, 2008
Better dead than disabled?
Just over half of Americans surveyed by Disaboom would rather be dead than disabled. The national survey revealed 52percent said a severe disability would be worse than death.
The survey focused on getting the opinions of people that had been touched by disability through a friend or relative.
Just over half of Americans surveyed by Disaboom would rather be dead than disabled. The national survey revealed 52percent said a severe disability would be worse than death.The survey focused on getting the opinions of people that had been touched by disability through a friend or relative.
- Economic cultures: Affluent respondents chose death over disability 59 percent of the time while 55 percent of those earning less than $25,000 chose to live with the disability.
- Regional cultures: Those in the western states chose death 61 percent of the time while those in the southern states chose living with disability 55 percent of the time.
- Academic cultures: College grads chose death 57 percent of the time while 70 percent of those that had not completed high school chose to live with a disability.
Labels: Special_People, Survey
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