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Independent variable n Not at all Slightly Moderately Highly Don’t know
Marital status            
Cohabitating 434 39.4 9.2 18.9 28.3 4.1
Married 406 22.2 11.3 20.2 42.4 3.9
Parental status            
No children 414 31.9 10.1 18.8 34.5 4.6
Had children 426 30.3 10.3 20.2 35.7 3.5
Wishes of deceased’s parents            
Not in favor 408 33.8 15.2 16.7 30.4 3.9
Supportive 430 24.2 9.1 19.8 45.6 1.4
Cause of death            
Soldier 414 25.8 9.4 19.6 42.5 2.7
Thrill seeker 426 26.1 9.6 17.4 44.1 2.8
Wishes of deceased            
Unknown 302 32.5 10.6 20.5 33.4 3.0
Verbal 271 21.8 10.3 19.2 45.4 3.3
Written 267 22.8 7.5 15.4 52.4 1.9
Table 3: Percentage of Responses within Each Level of the Independent Variables.
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