Research Article
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Factors Associated with Voluntary Blood Donation among University Students in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (
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| Characteristics | | Percentage (%) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 24 (3.5) | | Age, category (years) | | | 18–24 | 287 | 68 | 25–34 | 124 | 29.4 | 35–44 | 11 | 2.6 | Sex | | | Female | 118 | 28 | Male | 304 | 72 | Marital status | | | Married | 36 | 8.5 | Single | 347 | 81.5 | Other | 42 | 10 | Name of university | | | MUCo | 175 | 41.5 | MWENGE | 138 | 32.7 | KCMUCo | 88 | 20.9 | SMMUCo | 21 | 5 | Program taken | | | Certificate | 8 | 1.9 | Diploma | 46 | 10.9 | Degree | 359 | 85.1 | Masters | 9 | 2.1 | Tribe | | | Chagga | 127 | 30.1 | Nyamwezi | 50 | 11.8 | Sukuma | 50 | 11.8 | Others | 195 | 46.1 |
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percentage. SD: standard deviation.
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