Public knowledge about and attitudes toward organ donation, and public barriers to donate in Jordan: A cross-sectional study

Table 6 Differences in participants’ attitudes toward organ donation based on their characteristics

Characteristic	Mean (SD)	Test	P value
Sex		2.93	0.004
Female	74.41 (18.39)
Male	68.35 (17.59)
Age in years		2.16	0.116
18-35	73.14 (17.71)
36-55	73.96 (19.46)
> 55	67.18 (18.14)
Marital status		0.89	0.446
Single	72.92 (18.02)
Married	73.11 (18.90)
Others, divorced or widowed	79.33 (17.36)
Educational level		1.64	0.181
Less than high school	72.62 (20.61)
Diploma	67.91 (18.33)
BSc	73.95 (17.89)
Higher education	71.71 (17.70)
Employment		1.35	0.258
Full time job	74.34 (17.16)
Part timer job	69.26 (19.24)
Not working	72.41 (18.95)
Monthly income in JD		0.42	0.737
< 500	18.54 (1.68)
500-999	18.47 (1.47)
1000-1500	18.73 (2.24)
> 1500	17.20 (2.54)
Residency		0.93	0.351
Urban	73.04 (18.27)
Rural	69.94 (19.37)
History of chronic illnesses		1.02	0.413
Yes	72.17 (16.96)
No	72.88 (18.59)
Chronic illnesses of relatives		0.945	0.45
Yes	72.82 (17.52)
No	72.74 (19.16)
Do you have a personal relationship with a person who donated organs?		0.803	0.44
Yes	74.23 (18.61)
No	72.40 (18.30)
Do you have a personal relationship with someone who needs an organ transplant?		1.36	0.17
Yes	74.75 (18.89)
No	71.97 (18.10)
Have you thought about organ donation before?		7.62	< 0.001
Yes	79.41 (17.46)
No	66.22 (16.84)
Have you ever registered your name to donate organs with any government institution?		2.42	0.02
Yes	78.96 (14.41)
No	72.31 (18.56)

BSc: Bachelor's degree; JD: Jordan Dinar; SD: Standard deviation.