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Table 2 Logistic regression of knowledge with socio-demographic status of the study participants in North Gondar District blood bank, North West Ethiopia

From: Blood donors’ knowledge and attitude towards blood donation at North Gondar district blood bank, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Knowledge assessment items

Knowledge status

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Adequate

Inadequate

Age (years)

 18–23

101 (47.6%)

111 (52.4%)

4.3 (2.37, 7.9)

0.76 (0.24, 2.4)

 24–30

25 (25.8%)

72 (74.2%)

1.6 (0.82, 3.34)

0.99 (0.36, 2.75)

 > 30

16 (17.4%)

76 (82.6%)

1

1

Gender

 Male

69 (26.6%)

190 (73.4)

1

1

 Female

73 (51.4%)

69 (48.6)

2.9 (1.9, 4.48)

1.2 (0.68, 2.07)

Residence

 Urban

126 (46.2%)

147 (53.8%)

6 (3.38, 10.67)

2.5 (1.26, 4.81) *

 Rural

16 (12.5%)

112 (87.5%)

1

1

Marital status

 Single

126 (44.8%)

155 (55.2%)

5.3 (3.0, 9.4)

1.7 (0.64, 4.66)

 Married

16 (13.3%)

104 (86.7%)

1

1

Education

 Up to secondary school attended

15 (9.0%)

151 (91.0%)

1

1

 Higher education attended

127 (54.0%)

108 (46.0%)

11.8 (6.57, 21.34)

2.8 (1.35, 6.0) *

Occupation

 Student

103 (54.8%)

85 (45.2%)

1

1

 Private work

18 (11.0%)

146 (89.0%)

0.1 (0.06, 0.18)

0.5 (0.21, 1.40)

 Government employed

21 (42.9%)

28 (57.1%)

0.6 (0.33, 1.17)

1.4 (0.54, 3.78)

Previous donation

 Yes

35 (60.3%)

23 (39.7%)

3.4 (1.89, 5.96)

2.2 (1.13, 4.48) *

 No

107 (31.2%)

236 (68.8%)

1

1

Donor type

 Volunteer

105 (61.0%)

67 (39.0%)

8.1 (5.1, 13.0)

3.1 (1.5, 6.56) *

 Replacement

37 (16.2%)

192 (83.8%)

1

1

  1. AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI Confidence interval, COR Crude Odds Ratio
  2. *Significant variable with a p value less than 0.05 in multivariate analysis