Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Factors Associated with Voluntary Blood Donation among University Students in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Table 3

Association between participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, awareness, knowledge, and blood donation practice ( = 422).

	Ever donated
	(%)	(%)	value
Sociodemographic
Sex			0.004
Female	118 (28)	23 (18.3)
Male	304 (72)	103 (81.7)
Awareness of blood donation
Ever heard of blood donation			0.002
Yes	389 (92.2)	124 (31.9)
No	33 (7.8)	2 (6.1)
Knew a person who had donated blood			<0.0001
Yes	360 (85.3)	120 (95.2)
No	62 (14.7)	6 (4.8)
Awareness of blood group			<0.0001
Yes	268 (64)	116 (92.8)
No	150 (35.8)	8 (6.4)
Knowledge of blood donation
Amount of blood donated per time			<0.004
Wrong answer	268 (63.5)	67 (53.2)
Correct answer	154 (36.5)	59 (46.8)
Attitude towards blood donation
Attitude towards blood donation			0.028
Positive	392 (94.7)	122 (98.4)
Negative	22 (5.3)	2 (1.6)
Are you willing to donate blood to a relative?			0.023
Yes	399 (94.5)	124 (98.4)
No	23 (5.5)	2 (1.6)
Are you willing to donate blood to anyone?			0.004
Yes	377 (89.3)	121 (96)
No	45 (10.7)	5 (4)
Expectation for reward after donation			0.001
Yes	77 (18.6)	11 (8.9)
No	337 (81.4)	113 (91.1)

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