. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 12.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Surg. 2010 Jul;145(7):684–689. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.110

Table 4.

Stepwise Logistic Regression to Identify Independent Factors Contributing to Intent to Register^a

Step	Factor	AOR (95% CI)	P Value	Additional R²	Cumulative R²
1	Low acculturation	0.39 (0.24–0.62)	<.001	0.1092	0.1092
2	Religion influence	0.33 (0.17–0.60)	<.001	0.0523	0.1615
3	Belief that organ donation will disfigure the body and impact funeral	0.45 (0.22–0.89)	.02	0.0203	0.1818
4	Family influence	2.02 (1.28–3.22)	.004	0.0280	0.2098
5	Perception that wealthy people likely to receive organ transplant	0.41 (0.25–0.65)	.001	0.0338	0.2436
6	Aware of driver’s license registry	1.62 (1.03–2.58)	.04	0.0135	0.2571

Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

Factors in the model (P<.20) included education, employment, acculturation levels, family influence, religious influence, general awareness, aware of driver’s license registry, wealthy people likely to receive organ transplant, organ donation helps people, social responsibility, disfigure the body, and it is cruel. The model was based on 350 respondents with complete answers to the questions.