Assisted Dying Polls: Well covered terrain

May 27, 2016 Written by jenkinsresearch

Assisted dying is a well polled issue in 2016; 6 polls have been released in 2016 in addition to the report from the External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to Carter v. Canada, which included public consultation results. In fact, since 2011 there have been 17 public opinion releases on the topic of assisted dying and 5 of these have been sponsored by groups that are clearly positioned on the debate. Other releases may have been sponsored but the publicly available information is limited.

A longer trend view of the evolution of public opinion is available in an earlier post.

Timeline of National Polls on Assisted Suicide since 2011

Timeline of National Polls on Assisted Suicide since 2011

Table: Information on National Public Opinion Releases on the Topic of Assisted Dying, Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Month/ Year Market research company Sponsor Mode Approx # of questions Completions Link
Sep-11 Environics LifeCanada Telephone 4 2000 link
Dec-11 Forum None Unknown 1 1160
Jun-12 Forum None Unknown 1 1165
Jul-12 Angus Reid Public Opinion None Online 13 1003 link
Mar-13 Environics LifeCanada Telephone 3 2008 link
Oct-13 Environics Institute None Telephone 1 2003
Oct-13 Forum Research None IVR 1 1859 link
Jun-14 Forum Research None IVR 1 1433 link
Aug-14 Ipsos Dying with Dignity Online 18 2515 link
Nov-14 Angus Reid Institute None Online 19 1504 link
Aug-15 Forum Research None IVR 1 1440 link
Feb-16 Ipsos Dying with Dignity Online 5 2515 link
Feb-16 Forum Research None IVR 3 1406 link
Mar-16 Public Square LifeCanada Online 46 950 link
Mar-16 Angus Reid Institute None Online 32 1517 link
Apr-16 Nanos Globe and Mail Online 3 1000 link
Apr-16 Forum Research None IVR 2 1455 link

 

 

 

 

 

 

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