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Table 2 Background variables. Regarding willingness to donate *p < 0.001 between medical, health science, and technical students

From: Undergraduate medical, health science, and technical students’ attitudes and knowledge on organ donation and transplantation

 

ALL, n = 559 (100%)

Medical students, n = 210 (37.6%)

Health science students, n = 146 (26.1%)

Technical students, n = 203 (36.3%)

Sex Female

434 (77.6%)

170 (90.0%)

133 (91.1%)

131 (64.5%)

Age

Median 23 (IQR 21–27)

   

18–24

325 (58.3%)

138 (65.7%)

72 (49.3%)

116 (57.1%)

25–34

179 (32.1%)

64 (30.5%)

47 (32.2%)

68 (33.5%)

35–44

36 (6.5%)

7 (3.3%)

18 (12.3%)

11 (5.4%)

45–54

14 (2.5%)

1 (0.5%)

7 (4.8%)

6 (3.0%)

≥ 55

4 (0.7%)

-

2 (1.4%)

2 (1.0%)

Academic years

    

1–2

267 (47.8%)

112 (53.3%)

62 (42.5%)

93 (45.8%)

2–4

201 (36.0%)

63 (30.0%)

72 (49.3%)

66 (32.5%)

4–6

76 (13.6%)

31 (14.8%)

9 (6.2%)

36 (17.7%)

> 6

15 (2.7%)

4 (1.9%)

3 (2.1%)

8 (3.9%)

Previous education in

    

- Healthcare

109 (19.5%)

24 (11.4%)

55 (37.7%)

30 (14.8%)

- Technical

31 (5.5%)

6 (2.9%)

4 (2.7%)

21 (10.3%)

- Neither

419 (75.0%)

180 (87.5%)

87 (59.6%)

152 (74.9%)

Any work experience in healthcare

231 (41.3%)

81 (38.6%)

100 (68.5%)

50 (24.6%)

  1. IQR = interquartile range [25th − 75th percentile]