In Defense of the Right to Life: Analyzing Factors Affecting Filipino Opinion About Death Penalty
Table 9. Logistic Regression Results: Odds Ratios of Support for Death Penalty for Importation of Illegal Drugs
Independent variables
Urban
Sex
Age
Area (reference: Mindanao)
Metro Manila
Balance Luzon
Visayas
Educ (reference: Some college/grad)
Elem grad
HS grad
Religion (ref Catholics)
Religiosity
TV for news
Internet users
Heinous crime in locality
HH crime victimization
Will feel safe with DP
Worry of heinous crime victimization
Retribution as revenge (A life that is taken
is also paid for by a life)
Retribution as expiation (Most people in
jail are guilty of the crimes)
Follow law over religious principles
Wrongful (Possibility of wrongful DP
sentencing)
Justice (Justice repairs harms done +
provides comfort to victims + speedy
disposition of justice)
Alternatives (Alternatives to DP)
Constant
-2 Log likelihood
Cox & Snell R Square
Nagelkerke R Square
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
Model 1
B
OR
.135
1.144
.246*
1.279
.019***
1.019
Model 2
B
OR
.091
1.096
.256*
1.292
.023***
1.023
Model 3
B
OR
.049
1.050
.230*
1.259
.024***
1.025
Model 4
OR
OR
.069
1.072
.224*
1.251
.024***
1.024
Model 5
B
OR
-.057
.944
.229*
1.258
.023***
1.023
-.036
-.200
-.287
.964
.819
.750
-.119
-.254
-.320
.887
.775
.726
-.152
-.248
-.339*
.859
.780
.713
-.113
-.178
-.295
.893
.837
.745
-.180
-.246
-.381*
.835
.782
.684
-.576***
-.057
-.165
-.023
.562
.945
.847
.978
-.410*
.032
-.180
-.041
.266*
.326*
.663
1.032
.835
.960
1.304
1.385
-.391*
.062
-.142
-.105
.301*
.319*
.124
.281
.847***
.011
.677
1.064
.868
.900
1.351
1.376
1.132
1.324
2.334
1.011
-.354*
.066
-.141
-.116
.303*
.334*
.137
.230
.553***
.020
-.115
.702
1.069
.868
.890
1.354
1.396
1.146
1.259
1.739
1.020
.891
-.323
.146
-.120
-.064
.254*
.288*
.212
.126
.498***
-.012
-.181
.724
1.158
.887
.938
1.290
1.334
1.236
1.134
1.646
.988
.835
-.347**
.707
-.280*
.755
.001
.052
1.001
1.053
-.054
.135*
.948
1.144
.405***
1.500
.382***
1.465
-.582***
-1.811
2000.28
.133
.187
.559
-1.392
2204.724
.031
.043
-1.873
2193.176
.037
.052
-2.568
2136.291
.066
.093
30
-3.884
2081.153
.094
.132
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