In Defense of the Right to Life: Analyzing Factors Affecting Filipino Opinion About Death Penalty
Table 6. Logistic Regression Results: Odds Ratios of Support for Death Penalty for Rape Under the Influence of 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
.250*
1.284
.148
1.159
.003
1.003
Model 2
B
OR
.209
1.233
.160
1.174
.007*
1.007
Model 3
B
OR
.163
1.178
.129
1.138
.008*
1.008
Model 4
OR
OR
.209
1.232
.101
1.106
.008*
1.008
Model 5
B
OR
.086
1.090
.106
1.111
.005
1.006
-.107
-.414***
-.389*
.899
.661
.678
-.177
-.456***
-.420**
.838
.634
.657
-.198
-.442***
-.445**
.821
.643
.641
-.137
-.353*
-.377*
.872
.703
.686
-.229
-.463***
-.491**
.795
.630
.612
-.468***
-.272*
.059
-.297*
.627
.762
1.061
.743
-.319*
-.192
.051
-.310*
.179
.313*
.727
.825
1.053
.733
1.196
1.367
-.297
-.173
.103
-.388*
.218*
.312*
.147
.285
.993***
.160
.743
.841
1.108
.678
1.243
1.366
1.158
1.330
2.698
1.173
-.265
-.174
.108
-.394*
.243*
.339**
.168
.189
.643***
.154
.081
.767
.841
1.115
.674
1.275
1.404
1.183
1.208
1.903
1.166
1.085
-.233
-.108
.148
-.359*
.181
.297*
.263*
.117
.612***
.113
.031
.793
.898
1.159
.698
1.198
1.346
1.300
1.124
1.844
1.119
1.031
-.300**
.741
-.229*
.796
.099
.031
1.104
1.032
.040
.140*
1.041
1.150
.457***
1.579
.449***
1.566
-.744***
-.038
2179.091
.180
.241
.475
.209
2501.504
.023
.031
-.213
2491.721
.029
.038
27
-1.107
2393.432
.079
.106
-2.667
2311.617
.119
.159
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