Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions on Bequeathing of Bodies for Medical Education and Research among Health Science Students of the University of Health and Allied Sciences

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of respondents (n = 513).

Variable	Frequency (No.)	Percent (%)
Age of the respondent (years)
17–25	406	79.1
26–35	90	17.5
36–43	17	3.3
Sex
Female	273	53.2
Male	240	46.8
School
Medicine	236	46.0
Nursing and midwifery	144	28.0
Allied health science	109	21.2
Pharmacy	24	4.7
Year of study
100 (1st)	115	22.4
200 (2nd)	74	14.4
300 (3rd)	111	21.6
400 (4th)	132	25.7
500 (5th)	44	8.6
600 (6th)	37	7.2
The religion of the respondent
Christian	488	95.1
Muslim	19	3.7
Traditionalist	6	1.2

Mean age = 24 years; range 17–43 years with a standard deviation = 4.8.