Table 4.
Adjusted Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals of Willingness to Donate*
| Signed Donor Card | Donates Own Organs | Donates Loved One's Organs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Americans | Whites | African Americans | Whites | African Americans | Whites | |
| Predictors | ||||||
| Age | 0.97 (0.95 to 0.994) | 0.98 (0.97–0.99) | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Education | 1.78 (1.23 to 2.58) | 1.25 (1.03 to 1.51) | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Income | NS | 1.26 (1.07 to 1.47) | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Knowledge of brain death | NS | NS | NS | 1.32 (1.08 to 1.63) | NS | NS |
| Trust in Health Care System | NS | 1.07 (1.003 to 1.14) | NS | 1.16 (1.06 to 1.27) | 1.14 (1.02 to 1.29) | NS |
| The rich or famous are more likely to get a transplant | 1.51 (1.12 to 2.04) | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| When patients are eligible to donate organs, doctors can be trusted to pronounce death correctly | NS | 1.40 (1.13 to 1.72) | NS | 1.59 (1.19 to 2.14) | NS | NS |
| Law that everyone donates unless someone says no | 1.79 (1.36 to 2.35) | 1.52 (1.30 to 1.78) | 2.03 (1.45 to 2.83) | 2.49 (1.86 to 3.34) | NS | 2.00 (1.41 to 2.84) |
| Families should receive money for donating | 0.73 (0.54 to 1.00) | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Families who donate should be given money to pay for funeral expenses | 1.44 (1.03 to 2.01) | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| For someone with a donor card, hospitals do not need to ask the family's permission to donate the organs | 2.06 (1.54 to 2.76) | 1.20 (1.03 to 1.39) | NS | 1.56 (1.26 to 1.92) | NS | 1.37 (1.06 to 1.78) |
| Families should be allowed to ask that donated organs go to a particular person | NS | NS | NS | NS | 0.71 (0.53 to 0.94) | NS |
All models controlled for age; education; income; knowledge of brain death; trust in health care system; the rich or famous are more likely to get a transplant; when patients are eligible to donate organs, doctors can be trusted to pronounce death correctly; law that everyone donates unless someone says no; families should receive money for funeral expenses; for someone with a donor card, hospitals do not need to ask the family's permission to donate the organs; families should be allowed to ask that donated organs go to a particular person. Predictors that were not significant included: (1) gender, (2) religiosity; (3) who should receive priority for transplantation
NS, not significant