Table 1 Sociodemographic profile and association with willingness to donate to science
Demographic variable | Total frequency, n(%) | PDS willingness frequency, n | X2 or Fisher test values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | X2(df) | P | ||
Highly homogeneous sociodemographic characteristics | |||||
Nationalitya | |||||
Mexican | 140 (97.9) | 42 | 98 | NA | 0.555 |
Non-Mexican | 3 (2.1) | 0 | 3 | ||
Region | |||||
North | 127 (88.8) | 38 | 89 | ||
Center | 13 (9.1) | 4 | 9 | 1.278(3) | 0.734 |
South | 2 (1.4) | 0 | 2 | ||
Non-Mexican | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 1 | ||
Residence | |||||
Urban | 136 (95.1) | 39 | 97 | 0.645(1) | 0.422 |
Rural | 7 (4.9) | 3 | 4 | ||
Social class | |||||
Middle-income | 122 (85.3) | 34 | 88 | 0.995(2) | 0.608 |
High income | 15 (10.5) | 6 | 9 | ||
Low income | 6 (4.2) | 2 | 4 | ||
Completed education levela | |||||
High school + | 142 (99.3) | 41 | 101 | NA | 0.293 |
Basic obligatory | 1 (0.7) | 1 | 0 | ||
Heterogeneous sociodemographic characteristics within the age cluster | |||||
Agea | |||||
< 40 years old | 110 (76.9) | 40 | 70 | 9.82(1) | 0.0017 |
> 40 years old | 33 (23.1) | 2 | 31 | ||
Civil status | |||||
Single | 96 (67.1) | 36 | 60 | ND | ND |
Married | 36 (25.2) | 5 | 31 | ||
Free Union | 5 (3.5) | 1 | 4 | ||
Divorced | 5 (3.5) | 0 | 5 | ||
Other | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 1 | ||
Completed education level | |||||
High school | 72 (50.3) | 30 | 42 | ||
Postgraduate | 59 (41.3) | 8 | 51 | ND | ND |
Undergraduate | 11 (7.7) | 3 | 8 | ||
Other | 1 (0.7) | 1 | 0 | ||
University Role | |||||
Student | 78 (54.5) | 32 | 46 | ND | ND |
Professor | 43 (30.1) | 6 | 37 | ||
Other | 22 (15.4) | 4 | 18 | ||
Non-age-related heterogeneous sociodemographic variables | |||||
Gender | |||||
Women | 87 (60.8) | 23 | 64 | 0.922(1) | 0.337 |
Men | 56 (39.2) | 19 | 37 | ||
Religionb | |||||
Christian | 110 (76.9) | 37 | 73 | NA | 0.109 |
No religion | 28 (19.6) | 4 | 24 | ||
Non-Christian religion | 5 (3.5) | 1 | 4 | ||
Academic interest | |||||
Health | 51 (35.7) | 12 | 39 | 14.178(4) | 0.007 |
Social sci & Hum | 32 (22.4) | 4 | 28 | ||
Business | 24 (16.8) | 12 | 12 | ||
Technical | 23 (16.1) | 11 | 12 | ||
Arts & Design | 13 (9.1) | 3 | 10 | ||
Health-associated socio-affective characteristics | |||||
Blood donor | |||||
No | 73 (51.0) | 28 | 45 | 5.804(1) | 0.016 |
Yes | 70 (49.0) | 14 | 56 | ||
Registered organ donor | |||||
No | 79 (55.2) | 29 | 50 | 4.582(1) | 0.032 |
Yes | 64 (44.8) | 13 | 51 | ||
Physical health | |||||
Good | 105 (73.4) | 32 | 73 | 1.09(1) | 0.297 |
Problems | 38 (26.6) | 10 | 28 | ||
Mental health | |||||
Good | 96 (67.1) | 26 | 70 | 0.44(1) | 0.507 |
Problems | 47 (32.9) | 16 | 31 | ||
Blood recipient | |||||
No | 134 (93.7) | 39 | 95 | 0.073(1) | 0.787 |
Yes | 9 (6.3) | 3 | 6 | ||
Transplant, beloved ones | |||||
No | 132 (92.3) | 38 | 94 | 0.281(1) | 0.596 |
Yes | 11 (7.7) | 4 | 7 | ||
Chronic disease patient | |||||
No | 131 (91.6) | 40 | 91 | 1.019(1) | 0.313 |
Yes | 12 (8.4) | 2 | 10 | ||
Chronic disease, beloved | |||||
No | 79 (55.2) | 24 | 55 | 0.087(1) | 0.768 |
Yes | 64 (44.8) | 18 | 46 | ||
PD willingness | |||||
POD willingnessa | |||||
Yes | 130 (90.9) | 29 | 101 | 34.388(1) | 0.000 |
No | 13 (9.1) | 13 | 0 | ||
Trust willingnessa | |||||
Yes | 87 (60.8) | 23 | 64 | 0.577(1) | 0.439 |
No | 56 (39.2) | 19 | 37 | ||