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. 2020 Aug 17;36:288. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.288.21125

Table 7.

association between socio-demographics and willingness to respect family members desire to donate organ after death

Variables Willingness to respect family members desire to donate organ after death p-value
Yes: 126 (91.3%) No 12 (8.7%)
Sex
Male 74(91.4) 7(8.6) 1.000*f
Female 52(91.2) 5(8.8)
Education
No formal education 2(100) 0(0) 0.776*f
Primary 10(100) 0(0)
Secondary 39(90.7) 4(9.3)
Post-Secondary 75(90.4) 8(9.6)
Age
Below 30 years 27(96.4) 1(3.6) 0.855*f
30-39 21(87.5) 3(12.5)
40-49 29(90.6) 3(9.4)
50-59 20(90.9) 2(9.1)
60 and above 28(90.3) 3(9.7)
Religion
Christianity 90(92.8) 7(7.2) 0.509*f
Islam and others 36(87.8) 5(12.2)
Ethnic group
Yoruba 116(90.6) 12(9.4) 0.600*f
Non-Yoruba 10(100) 0(0)
Marital status
Single 40(93) 3(7) 0.569*f
Married 77(89.5) 9(10.5)
Widow/separated /divorce 9(100) 0(0)
Family setting
Monogamous 107(89.9) 12(10.1) 0.218*f
Polygamous 19(100) 0(0)
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f - Fisher´ exact test