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. 2014 Jan;12(Suppl 1):s353–s360. doi: 10.2450/2013.0297-12

Table II.

Knowledge and attitude about umbilical cord blood storage/donation.

Correlates Knowledge of UBCT Knowledge of UCB storage Positive about UCB storage

tc % p tc % p tc % p
Sex Female 360 58.9 <0.001 328 59.4 <0.001 419 55.6 <0.001
Male 251 41.1 224 40.6 335 44.4

Educational level University 403 66 0.040 0.118* 0.394*
High school 201 33
Primary school 7 1

Employment status Public-sector employee 109 17.8 <0.001 92 16.7 <0.001 0.360*
Private-sector employee 225 36.8 218 39.5
Self-employed 109 17.9 95 17.2
Unemployed 45 7.4 42 7.6
Student 123 20.1 105 19

Age 18–22 114 18.7 0.001 95 17.2 <0.001 187 24.8 0.033
23–27 95 15.5 83 15 147 19.5
28–32 100 16.4 93 16.9 130 17.2
33–37 144 23.5 138 25 134 17.8
38–41 158 25.9 143 25.9 156 20.7

Total 611 60 552 54.2 754 74

tc: total counted number of individuals;

*

value not statistically significant (P>0.05); n=1,019 number of individuals.