Research Article
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Motivations towards Blood Donation among King Abdulaziz Medical City Population
Table 3
Association between demographic characteristics of the participants and their attitude towards blood donation.
| Demographic characteristics | Blood donation attitude | value | score (4–20) | Median | Mean rank |
| Age (years) | | | | <20 | 15 | 141.0 | 0.117♦ | 20–30 | 16 | 173.2 | 31–50 | 16 | 185.7 | >50 | 16 | 169.3 | Gender | | | | Males | 16 | 197.5 | <0.001* | Females | 16 | 155.7 | Marital status | | | | Single | 16 | 153.8 | 0.007* | Married | 16 | 184.6 | Level of education | | | | Illiterate | 16 | 149.2 | 0.320♦ | Below high school | 16 | 183.9 | High school | 16 | 181.3 | University graduates | 16 | 174.0 | Postgraduate | 14 | 130.9 | Occupation | | | | Military | 17 | 204.6 | <0.001♦ | Civil | 16 | 179.6 | Student | 15 | 130.4 | Unemployed | 16 | 165.4 |
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Mann-Whitney test. ♦Kruskal-Wallis test.
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