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Table 2 Determinants of public appraisal towards governmental efforts, and of public intention to participate in policy discussion (Bivariate analysis)

From: Public appraisal of government efforts and participation intent in medico-ethical policymaking in Japan: a large scale national survey concerning brain death and organ transplant

 

Appraisal score [best = 1, worst = 5]

Participation score [most = 1, least = 4]

 

Category: average appraisal score + sd, and/or Spearman's correlation coefficient (rho)

p-value

Category: average appraisal score + sd, and/or Spearman's correlation coefficient (rho)

p-value

Age

rho = -0.062

0.053 (3)

rho = -0.085

0.009(3)

 

male (3.58 + 0.06), female (3.80 + 0.06)

0.002 (1)

male (2.64 + 0.71), female (2.71 + 0.03)

0.086 (1)

Education

junior high (3.73 + 1.39), senior high (3.76 + 1.37), vocational (3.1 + 1.20), vocational high (3.69 + 1.31), community college (3.73 + 1.28), college (3.83 + 1.47), grad school (3.17 + 1.47)

0.545 (2)

junior high (2.73 + 0.75), senior high (2.73 + 0.61), vocational (2.60 + 0.67), vocational high (2.70 + 0.48), community college (2.69 + 0.75), college (2.49 + 0.73), grad school (2.36 + 0.67)

0.004 (2)

Occupation

1 (3.74 + 1.35), 2 (3.80 + 1.27),3(3.79 + 1.36), 4 (3.92 + 1.30), 5 (3.79 + 1.41), 6 (3.42 + 1.30), 7 (3.60 + 1.38)

0.746 (2)

1(2.63 + 0.66), 2(2.60 + 0.72),3(2.64 + 0.67), 4(2.70 + 0.69), 5(2.70 + 0.66), 6(2.32 + 0.75), 7(2.71 + 0.69)

0.287 (2)

Hospitalization 5 yrs

rho = -0.021

0.510 (3)

rho = 0.009 0.614 (2)

0.777 (3)

CurrentHealthCondition

rho = 0.013

0.689 (3)

rho = 0.042 0.343 (2)

0.200(3)

FirstAttentionPeriod

Per1 (3.52 + 1.37), Per2 (3.75 + 1.33), Per3 (3.50 + 1.34), Per4 (3.73 + 1.37), Per5 (4.30 + 1.18), Per7 (4.31 + 1.46); rho = 0.210

0.000 (2) 0.000 (3)

Per1 (3.52 + 1.37), Per2 (3.75 + 1.33), Per3 (3.50 + 1.34), Per4 (3.73 + 1.37), Per5 (4.30 + 1.18), Per7 (4.31 + 1.46); rho = 0.181

0.000(2) 0.000(3)

OpinionFormationPeriod

Per2 (3.40 + 1.30), Per3 (3.32 + 1.39), Per4 (3.45 + 1.34), Per5 (3.68 + 1.32), Per7 (4.27 + 1.24), others(3.98 + 1.38); rho = 0.269

0.000 (2) 0.000 (3)

Per2 (3.40 + 1.30), Per3 (3.32 + 1.39), Per4 (3.45 + 1.34), Per5 (3.68 + 1.32), Per7 (4.27 + 1.24); rho = 0.204

0.000(2) 0.000 (3)

KnowDonorCard

yes (3.62 + 1.32), no (4.31 + 1.23)

0.000 (1)

yes (2.66 + 0.67), no(2.80 + 0.70)

0.084(1)

KnowGovtEfforts

rho = -0.083

0.009 (2)

rho = -0.175

0.000(3)

Participation intent

rho = 0.061

0.056 (3)

  

Appraisal score

  

rho = 0.061

0.056(3)

  1. Note: Significance in appraisal score across groups were tested by (1) Mann-whitney tests (between two groups), (2) Kruskal-Wallis tests (among multiple groups), and/or (3) Spearman's rank correlations.