Research Article
Factors Associated with Repeat Blood Donation at the Northern Zone Blood Transfusion Centre in Tanzania
Table 2
Sociodemographic and donor characteristics of the participants by donor status (
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| Characteristics | Repeated blood donation | | (%) | |
| Age group (years) | | | 0.004 | 18–25 | 145 | 81 (27.9) | | 26–35 | 163 | 106 (36.6) | | 36–45 | 74 | 50 (17.2) | | 46–55 | 75 | 38 (13.1) | | 56–67 | 15 | 15 (5.2) | | Area of residence | | | 0.002 | Kilimanjaro | 248 | 161 (54.6) | | Arusha | 100 | 50 (22) | | Tanga | 44 | 29 (9.7) | | Manyara | 5 | 5 (1.1) | | Outside NZ | 57 | 45 (15.5) | | Sex | | | 0.047 | Male | 327 | 218 (75.2) | | Female | 127 | 72 (24.8) | | Level of education | | | 0.035 | No formal education | 3 | 3 (1.0) | | Primary | 176 | 99 (34.1) | | Secondary | 155 | 107 (36.9) | | College/university | 120 | 81 (27.9) | | Intention to donate | | | <0.001 | Low | 135 | 67 (23.2) | | High | 318 | 222 (76.8) | | Knowledge on interval of blood donation | | | 0.013 | 3-4 months | 270 | 185 (63.8) | | Others | 184 | 105 (36.2) | | Experience in last donation | | | <0.001 | Bad | 208 | 113 (39) | | Good | 246 | 177 (61) | |
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Fisher’s Exact test otherwise χ2 test.
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