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

Table 2

Participants’ knowledge and practice of blood donation.

Characteristic	Frequency	Percentage
Ever heard about blood donation ()
Yes	327	85.2
No	57	14.8
Source of information ()^a
School	117	35.8
Health facilities	87	26.6
Media	100	30.6
Blood transfusion center	6	1.8
Red cross	5	1.5
Blood donation campaign	6	1.8
Work place	11	3.4
Family or friends	14	4.3
Public service centers (offices, kgotla, church, and mall)	9	2.8
Knows a health condition that requires blood transfusion ()
Yes	295	76.8
No	89	23.2
Knowledge on blood donation by gender ()
Males and females can donate	350	91.1
Only males can donate	34	8.9
Number of possible donations in one year ()
One	21	5.5
Two	54	14.1
Three	36	9.4
Four	4	1.0
No idea	269	70.1
Ever donated blood ()
Yes	104	27.1
No	280	72.9
Donated blood in the past 12 months ()
Yes	13	12.5
No	91	87.5
Status of blood donation ()
Regular donor	10	9.6
Nonregular donor	94	90.4
Willingness to donate blood in the future ()
Yes	269	70.1
No	115	29.9

% exceeded 100% as some participants had more than one response.