Table 3.

Agreeability Degree Frequencies From the Participants Who Did Not Express/Expressed Willingness to Become a Donor (y = 474) in Questions About Personal Views Regarding Organ Donation

Question	Completely Disagree	Disagree	Agree	Completely Agree	I Do Not Know
	%	%	%	%	%
Unwilling
1. I’m afraid.	13.6	23.9	40.3*	13.8	8.4
2. I do not trust the unions to provide needed treatments to registered donors.	8.8	24.5	41.1*	15.9	9.6
3. I do not trust doctors and the way that I would be treated during hospitalization as a registered donor.	11.1	27.3	37.9*	16.8	6.9
4. I do not believe that the transplant would be used correctly.	11.7	29.6	37.7*	14.3	6.7
5. I find it irrelevant and am not really concerned about the matter.	26.8	44.2*	13.4	5.9	9.6
6. I disregard the matter and have not given it any serious thought.	15.3	24.9	37.1*	18.0	4.6
7. I’m still not aware or decided regarding organ donation.	13.4	19.7	44.9*	17.4	4.6
8. I question brain death, since there is still hope for life until the last breath.	7.5	20.8	42.1*	28.3	1.3
Willing
1. I really want to help a fellow person.	2.3	2.3	41.5	52.3*	1.5
2. By donating an organ, you are saving a life, which is something that agrees with my religious beliefs.	7.5	7.6	38.0	38.9	8.0
3. I have been affected by a family member or a friend that is a donor.	39.5*	28.9	14.6	7.7	9.2
4. I have been sensitized by a family member or friend that needed a transplant.	34.5*	24.6	19.7	13.9	7.3
5. I would only become a donor for someone dear to me.	44.7*	30.1	12.6	7.7	4.8
6. The mass media has had a positive effect on me about becoming a donor.	24.6	21.9	32.0*	12.3	9.2
7. The title of organ donor gives me a sense of satisfaction and pride.	16.5	13.9	37.3*	27.6	4.7
8. By becoming an organ donor I feel that a piece of me will live on after my death.	19.0	14.8	32.7*	25.9	7.6

*p < .05.