Table 4.
Viewpoints of religious officials on organ donation by educational levels
| High school | Theology faculty | Masters/ Doctorate | Other faculty | P value | |
| Do you know how to donate your organs? | |||||
| Yes | 36 (10.6) | 448 (30.3) | 20 (60.6) | 123 (25.7) | < 0.001a |
| No | 185 (51.4) | 587 (39.7) | 8 (24.2) | 183 (38.2) | |
| Partially | 137 (38.1) | 443 (30.0) | 5 (15.2) | 173 (36.1) | |
| Do you have adequate informations about organ donation? | |||||
| Yes | 71 (19.7) | 521 (35.3) | 24 (72.7) | 172 (35.9) | < 0.001b |
| No | 289(80.3) | 957 (64.7) | 9 (27.3) | 307 (64.1) | |
| Are you willing to donate your organs in future? | |||||
| Yes | 14 (3.9) | 47 (3.2) | 9 (27.2) | 41 (8.6) | < 0.001b |
| No | 274 (76.1) | 1140 (77.3) | 9 (27.2) | 344 (72.1) | |
| Undecided | 37 (10.3) | 135 (9.2) | 14 (42.4) | 49 (10.3) | |
| No idea/no sure | 35 (9.7) | 153 (10.4) | 1 (3.0) | 43 (9.0) | |
| Would you like to get information about organ donation? | |||||
| Yes | 156 (43.3) | 515 (34.8) | 9 (27.3) | 177 (37.0) | 0.001c |
| No | 140 (38.9) | 582 (39.4) | 9 (27.3) | 178 (37.2) | |
| No need/enough idea | 39 (10.8) | 278 (18.8) | 13 (39.4) | 91 (19.0) | |
| No idea/no sure | 25 (6.9) | 103 (7.0) | 2 (6.1) | 33 (6.9) | |
| Do you believe organ donation as a necessary for humanity? | |||||
| Yes | 304 (84.4) | 1232 (83.4) | 29 (87.9) | 402 (83.9) | 0.045d |
| No | 26 (7.2) | 128 (8.7) | 2 (6.1) | 56 (11.7) | |
| No idea/no sure | 30 (8.3) | 118 (8.0) | 2 (6.1) | 21 (4.4) | |
| Would you accept organ transplantation if it is necessary? | |||||
| Yes | 293 (81.4) | 1212 (82.0) | 26 (78.8) | 386 (80.6) | 0.706 |
| No | 25 (6.9) | 123 (8.3) | 2 (6.1) | 45 (9.4) | |
| No idea/no sure | 42 (11.7) | 143 (9.7) | 5(15.2) | 48 (10.0) | |
| Are you exposed to questions about organ donation? | |||||
| Yes | 140 (38.9) | 609 (41.2) | 16 (48.5) | 196 (40.9) | 0.446 |
| No | 96 (26.7) | 372 (25.2) | 8 (24.2) | 141 (29.4) | |
| Rarely | 124 (34.4) | 497 (33.6) | 9 (27.3) | 142 (29.6) | |
| Did you preach or sermon about organ donation? | |||||
| Yes | 182 (50.6) | 830 (56.2) | 24 (72.7) | 257 (53.7) | 0.176 |
| No | 116 (32.2) | 412 (27.9) | 6 (18.2) | 148 (30.9) | |
| I don't remember | 62 (17.2) | 236 (16.0) | 3 (9.1) | 74 (15.4) | |
a
All groups were different.
b
Masters/doctorate group was different from other groups.
c
High school was different from other groups.
d
Other faculty was different from other groups.