Table 6.
Socio-demographic variables according to previous blood donation.
| Variable | Previous blood donation (%) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 11 (13.1) | 73 (86.9) | 3.0923 | 0.079 |
| Male | 16 (24.2) | 50 (75.8) | ||
| Age | ||||
| 18–39 | 18 (20.0) | 72 (80.0) | 0.635 | |
| 40–61 | 7 (13.7) | 44 (86.3) | ||
| 62 and above | 2 (22.2) | 7 (77.8) | ||
| Income (in Naira) | ||||
| Less than 40,000 | 9 (18.4) | 40 (81.6) | 0.3409 | 0.843 |
| 40,000–80,999 | 12 (16.4) | 61 (83.6) | ||
| 81,000 and above | 6 (21.4) | 22 (78.6) | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Farming | 14 (14.9) | 80 (85.1) | 3.5141 | 0.173 |
| Trading | 7 (18.0) | 32 (82.1) | ||
| Others | 6 (35.3) | 11 (64.7) | ||
| Family type | ||||
| Monogamous | 19 (21.1) | 71 (78.9) | 1.5206 | 0.218 |
| Polygamous | 8 (13.3) | 52 (86.7) | ||
| Level of education | ||||
| No education | 11 (12.9) | 74 (87.1) | 8.0556 | 0.018* |
| Secondary education or less | 9 (18.0) | 41 (82.0) | ||
| Tertiary | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Single/separated | 8 (15.7) | 43 (84.3) | 0.707 | |
| Married/cohabiting | 18 (19.0) | 77 (81.1) | ||
| Widowed | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | ||
*significant at 5%.