Factors Associated with Intention to Donate Blood: Sociodemographic and Past Experience Variables

Table 1

Background characteristics of study participants.

Characteristic	Frequency ()	Percentage
Age in years
21–30	187	48.7
31–40	105	27.3
41–50	47	12.2
51 and above	45	11.7
Gender
Male	156	40.6
Female	228	59.4
Education level
No formal education	44	11.5
Primary	56	14.6
Secondary	229	59.6
Tertiary	55	14.3
Marital status
Married	67	17.4
Single	311	81.0
Widowed	2	0.5
Divorced	2	0.5
No response	2	0.5
Religion
Christianity	308	80.2
Botswana traditional religion	6	1.6
Atheism	7	1.8
Rastafarian	1	0.3
No religion	58	15.1
No response	4	1