Motivational Differences between Whole Blood and Apheresis Donors in Quebec, Canada: A Questionnaire-Based Survey in a Voluntary Nonremunerated Context

Table 2

Proportions of WBD and PPD respondents for each sociodemographic variable.

	Total	%	WBDs	%	PPDs	%	Sign. ()
	Women		696		55			458	58	238	50	,05
Men	572	45	337	42	235	50
18–29 years	317	25	200	25	117	25	n.s.
30–39 years	265	21	176	22	89	19
40–49 years	300	24	182	23	118	25
50–56 years	386	30	237	30	149	31
Elementary/High School	295	23	199	25	96	20	n.s.
CÉGEP	498	39	311	39	187	40
University	473	37	283	36	190	40
Single	363	29	218	28	145	31	n.s.
Married, common law	804	64	506	65	298	63
Divorced, separated, widowed	81	7	51	7	30	6
Respondent from the Quebec City region	419	33	141	18	278	59	,0001
Respondent from the Montreal region	416	33	311	39	105	22
Respondent from another region	433	34	343	43	90	19