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 5

Cross-tabulation between background characteristics of respondent and their willingness to bequeath body.

Variables	Willingness to bequeath body			Chi-square tests
	No. (f)	Undecided (f)	Yes (f)	Pearson chi-square	p-value
School of respondent
School of Allied Health Science	48	51	10
School of Medicine	114	96	26
School of Nursing and Midwifery	66	65	13	3.950	0.684
School of Pharmacy	9	14	1
Total	237	226	50
Sex of Respondent
Female	115	131	27	4.156	0.125
Male	122	95	23
Total	237	226	50
Age group (years)
Less than 20	41	30	8
20–25	134	142	31
26–30	29	16	7	8.783	0.361
31–35	24	26	2
Above 35	9	12	2
Total	237	226	50
Religion
Christians	222	219	47
Muslim	14	4	1	10.521	0.033
Traditionalist	1	3	2
Total	237	226	50
Level of study
100	55	51	9
200	36	32	6
300	47	53	11	6.645	0.758
400	59	54	19
500	20	21	3
600	20	15	2
Total	237	226	5
Ever heard of body bequest
No	64	55	14
Yes	173	171	36	0.553	0.0.758
Total	237	226	50

f = frequency.