Motivating Factors and Potential Deterrents to Blood Donation in High School Aged Blood Donors
Table 1
Potential motivating factors (A) and deterrents (B) for blood donation.
Q
Comparisons by sex
Comparisons by race
Adjusted, %
Adjusted, %
Female
Male
value‡
Afr-amer
Asian
Cauc
Hisp
Other
value
(A) Potential motivating factor
Donating blood is the right thing to do
()(a)
85.2
94.2
0.026
90.9
92.5
92.9
89.2
86.3
0.841
Donating blood makes me feel like a hero
()(b)
58.5
64.0
0.403
66.9
51.3
61.8
71.7
53.6
0.025
There is a shortage of blood for people that need it
()(c)
75.4
75.2
0.973
82.4
75.2
74.6
68.1
75.0
0.450
Donating blood is good for my health
()(d)
29.8
39.4
0.136
28.3
34.2
39.7
34.8
35.5
0.883
My friends are donating
()(e)
45.7
66.1
0.004
73.6
50.1
45.8
49.3
60.0
0.130
Other kids in my sport/club are donating
()(f)
35.2
48.3
0.059
67.7
25.0
47.4
34.7
35.4
0.001
Adults at my church/school/community donate blood
()(g)
35.5
39.0
0.600
60.4
27.6
38.1
31.0
31.3
0.038
Someone in my family is a blood donor
()(h)
39.6
36.7
0.668
56.9
24.4
38.1
37.2
36.4
0.050
Someone will be proud of me if I donate
()(i)
52.7
64.7
0.072
66.9
44.7
63.3
61.5
57.1
0.093
I want to help my school donate more than any other school
()(j)
47.0
50.8
0.589
65.9
39.1
43.9
55.6
39.8
0.033
I like hanging out with my friends at the blood drive
()(k)
41.4
46.0
0.491
55.1
30.3
46.9
43.4
—
0.074
I wanted the gift/incentive
()(l)†
30.5
36.1
0.364
37.8
30.1
31.1
28.4
39.8
0.729
I’d feel bad if I didn’t
()(m)
53.1
45.0
0.229
54.7
46.0
49.2
43.3
51.9
0.761
(B) Potential deterrent
Donating blood is painful
()(a)
13.5
11.1
0.556
14.6
10.5
17.0
12.6
6.7
0.364
Donating blood is inconvenient
()(b)†
5.6
8.2
0.405
3.8
7.9
11.5
7.8
3.3
0.483
I don’t like the sight of blood
()(c)
12.9
7.9
0.233
27.7
4.0
11.1
9.2
0.0
<0.001
Donating blood takes too much time
()(d)
2.3
7.8
0.039
3.8
6.8
3.9
6.2
4.5
0.856
I don’t like missing class to donate blood
()(e)
7.6
8.0
0.906
12.7
6.5
8.1
7.3
4.5
0.831
I felt badly after I donated blood (light headed, dizzy, etc.)
()(f)
9.4
8.6
0.809
5.8
10.5
14.0
8.1
6.7
0.457
The nurses/staff were not friendly
()(g)
7.0
10.7
0.301
20.4
1.3
3.9
13.9
4.5
<0.001
Percentages shown are the combined percentages of respondents who indicated very important/somewhat important for question () or very influential/somewhat influential for question (). †Questions ()(l) and ()(b) each have 1 missing response. ‡The values in this column correspond to the main effect of sex under the adjusted model. The values in this column correspond to the main effect of race under the adjusted model.
