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. 2019 Feb 27;59(4):1273–1282. doi: 10.1111/trf.15209

Table 1.

Individual‐ and country‐level predictors of blood donation willingness stratified by previous donor experience

Fixed factors Nondonors Donors
B SE OR 95% CI p value B SE OR 95% CI p value
Intercept −2.807 1.809 −1.890 1.242
Model 1
HDI 2.301 2.071 9.987 0.172‐578.737 0.267 3.790 1.291 44.250 3.523‐555.823 0.003*
Sex (male) 0.114 0.046 1.120 1.024‐1.226 0.013* 0.152 0.060 1.164 1.034‐1.311 0.012*
Age −0.035 0.002 0.966 0.962‐0.970 0.000* −0.040 0.003 0.960 0.954‐0.966 <0.001*
Years of education 0.016 0.005 1.016 1.007‐1.025 0.001* 0.010 0.008 1.010 0.994‐1.026 0.210
Difficulty paying bills: never 0.236 0.086 1.266 1.070‐1.498 0.006* 0.094 0.118 1.098 0.872‐1.383 0.426
Difficulty paying bills: sometimes 0.167 0.092 1.182 0.987‐1.414 0.068 0.131 0.146 1.140 0.857‐1.517 0.368
Employed 0.164 0.045 1.178 1.078‐1.288 <0.001* 0.270 0.057 1.310 1.172‐1.465 0.000*
Having a partner 0.061 0.044 1.063 0.974‐1.159 0.171 0.113 0.047 1.120 1.021‐1.229 0.016*
Having a child 0.069 0.045 1.071 0.980‐1.171 0.129 0.230 0.075 1.259 1.088‐1.457 0.002*
Living in a rural area −0.043 0.077 0.958 0.823‐1.115 0.582 −0.150 0.093 0.861 0.717‐1.034 0.109
Living in a town −0.038 0.076 0.963 0.829‐1.118 0.621 −0.016 0.084 0.984 0.834‐1.160 0.844
Model 2: transfusion‐related factors
Accepts treatment with blood 1.118 0.056 3.060 2.741‐3.417 <0.001* 0.252 0.092 1.287 1.075‐1.540 0.006*
Perceives transfusion as safe 0.337 0.031 1.401 1.319‐1.489 <0.001* 0.217 0.035 1.242 1.161‐1.330 <0.001*
Knows recipient of blood 0.107 0.052 1.113 1.005‐1.233 0.041* 0.265 0.055 1.303 1.169‐1.452 <0.001*
Random factors
Change in AICC (change in df) 2489.9 (3) p value 1196.5 (3) p value
Variance (intercept) 0.228 0.065 <0.001 0.102 0.033 0.002
Wald Z 3.523 3.084
*

p < 0.05.

Model 2 compared to Model 1.