Table 4.
Factors influencing students’ altruistic behaviors
| Factor | Categories | Cluster | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk taking altruists | Limited altruists | Simple altruists | |||
| Year of study | 1 | 15 (15%) | 28 (28%) | 57 (57%) | 0.002 |
| 2 | 38 (38%) | 22 (22%) | 40 (40%) | ||
| 3 | 41 (41%) | 16 (16%) | 43 (43%) | ||
| 4 | 35 (35%) | 25 (25%) | 40 (40%) | ||
| Age | 18-20 | 64 (28.31%) | 52 (23.00) | 110 (48.67) | 0.258 |
| 21-23 | 60 (38.21%) | 36 (22.92%) | 61 (38.85%) | ||
| 24-26 | 5 (29.41%) | 3 (17.64%) | 9 (52.94%) | ||
| Gender | Male | 58 (28.71%) | 54 (26.73%) | 90 (44.55%) | <0.001 |
| Female | 72 (36.36%) | 37 (18.68%) | 89 (44.94%) | ||
| My parents donate to charity | Never | 1 (2.85%) | 18 (51.42%) | 16 (45.71%) | <0.001 |
| once | 12 (24.48%) | 18 (36.73%) | 19 (38.77%) | ||
| More than once | 28 (22.04%) | 27 (21.25%) | 72 (56.69%) | ||
| often | 51 (40.15%) | 22 (17.32%) | 54 (42.51%) | ||
| very often | 37 (29.13%) | 6 (9.44%) | 19 (14.96%) | ||
| Some of my friends, organize charitable activities and I participate | Never | 29 (19.20%) | 36 (23.83%) | 86 (56.95%) | <0.001 |
| Once | 29 (32.95%) | 21 (23.86%) | 38 (43.18%) | ||
| More than once | 38 (41.30%) | 16 (17.39%) | 38 (43.18%) | ||
| Often | 23 (43.39%) | 14 (26.41%) | 16 (30.18%) | ||
| very often | 10 (62.5%) | 4 (25%) | 2 (12.5%) | ||
| I have learned to donate from my role model | Never | 14 (14.28%) | 26 (26.53%) | 58 (59.18%) | <0.001 |
| once | 20 (27.77%) | 23 (31.94%) | 29 (40.27%) | ||
| More than once | 38 (33.62%) | 21 (18.58%) | 54 (47.78%) | ||
| Often | 34 (43.58%) | 16 (20.51%) | 28 (35.89%) | ||
| Very often | 23 (58.98%) | 5 (12.82%) | 11 (28.20%) | ||