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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants (n= 2743)

From: Egyptians' social acceptance and consenting options for posthumous organ donation; a cross sectional study

Characteristics

No. (%)

Age

 <25

695 (25)

 25-<45

1184 (43)

 45-65

539 (20)

 >65

325 (12)

Gender

 Male

1282 (47)

 Female

1461 (53)

Education level

 Postgraduate

465 (17)

 University

833 (30)

 Secondary

970 (35)

 Primary/Preparatory

251 (10)

 Illiterate

224 (8)

Job categories

 Professional technical managerial

869 (32)

 Manual workers

742 (27)

 Unemployed

601 (22)

 In Education

531 (19)

Socioeconomic characteristicsa

 Class A

299 (11)

 Class B

173 (6)

 Class C1

203 (7)

 Class C2

759 (28)

 Class D

1309 (48)

Know organ donor

 Yes

41 (1.5)

 No

2701 (98.5)

Know organ recipient

 Yes

98 (3.6)

 No

2642 (96.4)

  1. a Socio-economic level of the participants was calculated according to Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization And Statistics (CAPMAS) which is classified to A, B, C and D grades.