Americans Rarely Write Wills

Americans Rarely Write Wills.
Most Americans do not deal with end-of-life issues and wishes, a strange about indicates. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 8000 people who took shard in nationwide surveys conducted in 2009 and 2010, and found that only about 26 percent had completed an advance directive, also called a living will. There were significant associations between completing an progress directive and age, income, information and health status, according to the study in the January issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Advance directives were more reciprocal among women, whites, married people and those who had a college degree or postgraduate training. People with advanced directives also were more apt to to have a chronic disease or a regular source of care. "For ebony and Hispanic respondents, advance directives were less frequent across all educational groups.