Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Adult Population towards Blood Donation in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 7
Logistic regression of blood donation practice with sociodemographic characteristics of adult population in Gondar town, 2015.
Variables
Blood donation practice
Total
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Ever donated
Never donated
Age
20–25 years
60 (14.9%)
342 (85.1%)
402
1.00
26–30 years
35 (16.1%)
197 (84.9%)
232
1.01 (0.64; 1.6)
1.02 (0.64; 1.63)
31–35 years
26 (32.9%)
53 (67.1%)
79
2.8 (1.62; 4.82)
2.62 (1.6; 4.86)
36–40 years
20 (36.4%)
35 (63.6%)
55
3.26 (1.76; 6.02)
3.8 (2.0; 7.31)
Sex
Female
47 (13.9%)
291 (86.1%)
338
1.00
Male
94 (21.9%)
336 (78.1%)
430
1.732 (1.2; 2.54)
1.7 (1.14; 2.54)
Educational status
Below secondary school
34 (15.1%)
191 (84.9%)
225
1.00
Attend secondary school
39 (20.6%)
150 (79.4%)
189
1.46 (0.9; 2.43)
Attend higher education
68 (19.2%)
286 (80.8%)
354
1.34 (0.85; 2.1)
Occupation
Private employee
3 (21.4%)
11 (78.6%)
14
1.00
Student
30 (15.5%)
164 (84.5%)
194
0.67 (0.2; 2.55)
Unemployed
27 (13.9%)
167 (86.1%)
194
1.6 (0.16; 2.26)
Farmer
0
6 (100.0%)
6
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Government employee
57 (29.2%)
138 (70.8%)
195
1.51 (0.41; 5.63)
Own private work
24 (14.5%)
141 (85.5%)
165
0.62 (0.16; 2.4)
Religion
Orthodox Christian
110 (18.1%)
499 (81.9%)
609
1.00
Muslim
13 (12.9%)
88 (87.1%)
101
0.7 (0.36; 1.24)
0.63 (0.33; 1.2)
Protestant Christian
17 (37.0%)
29 (63.0%)
46
2.66 (1.41; 5.01)
2.62 (1.36; 5.1)
Catholic and Jewish
1 (8.3%)
11 (91.7%)
12
0.65 (0.1; 5.32)
0.51 (0.06; 4.45)
Marital status
Single
72 (14.6%)
421 (85.4%)
493
1.00
Married
51 (24.3%)
159 (75.7%)
210
1.9 (1.25; 2.8)
Divorced
7 (21.2%)
26 (78.8%)
33
1.6 (0.66; 3.76)
Widowed
5 (31.2%)
11 (68.8%)
16
2.66 (0.9; 7.9)
Married but live in separated place
6 (37.5%)
10 (62.5%)
16
3.51 (1.24; 9.95)
Self-perceived health status
Good
40 (13.1%)
265 (86.9%)
305
1.00
Excellent
49 (23.8%)
157 (76.2%)
206
2.1 (1.3; 3.28)
2.23 (1.4; 3.62)
Very good
44 (19.0%)
187 (81.0%)
231
1.56 (0.98; 2.5)
1.6 (0.97; 2.6)
Poor
8 (30.8%)
18 (69.2%)
26
2.94 (1.2; 7.22)
2.6 (0.99; 6.8)
indicates significance in bivariate but not in multivariate logistic regression analysis, and indicates significant variable with value less than 0.05 in multivariate logistic regression analysis.
