Table 4.

Motives for organ donation among Hispanics, n (%)

	Total (n = 365)			Registered organ donor (n = 137)			Not registered organ donor (n = 228)
	Yes	No	Doesn’t matter	Yes	No	Doesn’t matter	Yes	No	Doesn’t matter
Receiving message from
Someone like you	127 (35)	40 (11)	198 (54)	43 (31)	16 (12)	78 (57)	84 (37)	24 (11)	120 (53)
Same gender as you?	44 (12)	65 (18)	256 (70)	17 (12)	27 (20)	93 (68)	27 (12)	38 (17)	163 (71)
Same race as you?	45 (12)	64 (18)	256 (70)	19 (14)	27 (20)	91 (66)	26 (11)	37 (16)	165 (72)
Your community?	53 (14)	61 (17)	251 (69)	29 (21)	25 (18)	83 (61)	24 (11)	36 (16)	168 (74)
Economic status as you?	59 (16)	66 (18)	240 (66)	28 (20)	25 (18)	84 (61)	31 (14)	41 (18)	156 (68)
Own ethnic background?	44 (12)	66 (18)	255 (70)	15 (11)	29 (21)	93 (68)	29 (13)	37 (16)	162 (71)
Message of those in need?	139 (38)	60 (16)	166 (46)	50 (36)	23 (17)	64 (47)	89 (39)	37 (16)	102 (45)
A public figure?	38 (10)	90 (25)	237 (65)	17 (12)	35 (26)	85 (62)	21 (9)	55 (24)	152 (67)
Motivated by hearing from
Relatives of organ donor	214 (56)	-	-	94 (44)	-	-	120 (56)
Recipient of organ donation	183 (48)	-	-	82 (45)	-	-	101 (55)
Family of recipient who died waiting	209 (55)	-	-	81 (39)	-	-	128 (61)
Physician or provider	120 (32)	-	-	61 (51)	-	-	59 (49)
Other	10 (3)			5 (50)	-	-	5 (50)

Frequency of responses regarding motivation to participation in an organ donor program.