Table 3.
Association of three organ donation attitude scales with demographic and organ donation status.
| Barriersa scale | Family/Race scale | Help Others scale | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (N = 1225) | |||
| 30 or below | 5.03 | 4.351,2 | 5.371,2 |
| 31–45 | 5.271 | 4.771 | 5.781 |
| >45 | 4.981 | 4.722 | 5.692 |
| p-value** | .0070 | .0086 | .0032 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 5.04 | 4.45 | 5.56 |
| Female | 5.05 | 4.73 | 5.67 |
| p-value** | .9394 | .0086 | .2955 |
| Education | |||
| High school or less | 4.60 | 4.52 | 5.47 |
| > High School | 5.22 | 4.69 | 5.70 |
| p-value** | <.0001 | .6996 | .0203 |
| Income | |||
| <20k | 4.661,2 | 4.51 | 5.50 |
| 20–39,999k | 5.051 | 4.60 | 5.56 |
| >40k | 5.192 | 4.72 | 5.74 |
| p-value** | <.0001 | .5099 | .0465 |
| Pos current organ donation Status | |||
| Yes | 5.40 | 5.21 | 6.00 |
| No | 5.08 | 4.46 | 5.62 |
| p-value** | .0043 | <.0001 | .0020 |
| p-value*** | .0119 | <.0001 | .0429 |
| Intended organ donation status among non-current donors | |||
| Low (1–3) | 4.92 | 3.471 | 4.901 |
| Medium (4–7) | 4.98 | 4.501 | 5.631 |
| High (8–10) | 5.12 | 5.431 | 6.221 |
| p-value** | .2621 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| p-value*** | .1914 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
Notes:
a
Q1–7 are reverse coded so that higher values indicate more positive attitude.
**
p-values based account for correlation of subjects within church.
***
p-values account for correlation of subjects within church as well as age, gender, race, education and income. Common superscript indicates groups significantly different in pairwise comparison p < .05.