Cost and Public Acceptance Data for Jurisdictions That Implemented Popular Judicial Selection

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What the evidence says

Three machine-extracted claims are available, and all three concern public awareness of, willingness to complete, and registration of living wills and advance directives in mainland China — not cost or public acceptance data for jurisdictions that implemented popular judicial election or recall, the stated topic. No claim below addresses cost, jurisdiction-level implementation, or judicial recall or election in any form; that entire topic is absent from the current source set.

Within the claims that do exist, three surveys conducted by the Beijing Living Will Promotion Association between 2006 and 2015 show public awareness of, and willingness to complete, living wills rising year by year across that period. This is a descriptive, associational trend drawn from repeated survey waves rather than a controlled comparison, and no percentage-point magnitude is given for the increase.

Registry data from Shenzhen shows the same directional pattern in a different measure: recorded living will entries reached 33,084 by March 2024, with registrants skewing toward younger age groups. This is again a descriptive count with no comparison baseline or rate of change stated.

A cross-national comparison places mainland China's prevalence of advance directives below that of the United States. US survey data, drawn from 7,946 respondents, found 26.3% reported having signed an advance directive. No matching percentage for China is given in the claim, only that the contrast is described as stark. The claim names a mechanism for the gap: cognitive barriers faced by the Chinese public.

Where the evidence splits

No contradictions in the current sources.

Thresholds and dose-response

No threshold established in the current sources.

Open empirical questions

Findings

Public awareness of and willingness to complete living wills increases year by year in mainland China (2006–2015)

confidence — direction: highconfidence — magnitude: mediumconsensus: thin — single source; moves on whether survey methodology and sampling were consistent across all three waves
mechanism
not established (descriptive trend across three survey waves; no causal mechanism stated)
effect
increase year by year across three survey waves conducted 2006–2015; no percentage magnitude given
conditions / moderators
not established

Living will registrations in Shenzhen increase, with registrants skewing younger

confidence — direction: highconfidence — magnitude: highconsensus: thin — single source; moves on the accuracy and completeness of Shenzhen registry records
mechanism
not established
effect
registry recorded 33,084 entries by March 2024, with a pronounced trend toward younger age groups among registrants
conditions / moderators
not established

Advance directive prevalence is lower in mainland China than in the United States

confidence — direction: highconfidence — magnitude: mediumconsensus: thin — single source; moves on representativeness of the US sample, whether China registry users are a comparable population, and differing measurement methods between countries
mechanism
cognitive barriers faced by the Chinese public
effect
US survey of 7,946 respondents found 26.3% reported having signed an advance directive; China's prevalence is described as substantially lower, with no matching percentage stated
conditions / moderators
not established