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Table 2 Determinants of Willingness to Become a Donor and Consent to the Donation of a Deceased Relative's Organ in Hospital

From: Does organ donation legislation affect individuals' willingness to donate their own or their relative's organs? Evidence from European Union survey data

 

Willingness to donate own organs

Willingness to donate relative's organs

 

Odds ratio

t-value

+95% C.I.

-95% C.I.

Odds ratio

t-value

+95% C.I.

-95% C.I.

Needs and Related Socio-Demographics

No illness

        

   Illness

1.10a

3.48

1.20

1.00

1.22a

5.19

1.32

1.12

Good health

        

   Very bad health

0.84

-0.91

1.15

0.53

0.85

-0.81

1.16

0.54

   Bad health

0.86

1.85

1.00

0.72

0.77a

-3.17

0.89

0.65

Female

        

   Male

1.02

0.47

1.08

0.96

1.05

1.55

1.11

0.99

Age over 60

        

   Age under 30

1.57a

5.94

1.81

1.33

1.32a

3.74

1.52

1.12

   Age 30 to 45

1.58a

9.45

1.74

1.42

1.34a

6.27

1.46

1.22

   Age 45 to 60

1.34a

6.37

1.46

1.22

1.22a

4.43

1.34

1.10

Political Affiliation

Don't know political identification

        

   Left politics

1.73a

10.92

1.91

1.55

1.62a

9.90

1.78

1.46

   Center politics

1.51a

9.04

1.65

1.37

1.51a

9.16

1.65

1.37

   Right politics

1.42a

6.65

1.58

1.26

1.56a

8.49

1.72

1.40

Social Interactions

Support from no one

        

   Support from 1 to 2 others

1.28a

3.32

1.46

1.10

1.36a

4.12

1.56

1.16

   Support from 3 to 5 others

1.43a

4.84

1.65

1.21

1.45a

4.87

1.67

1.23

   Support from over 5 others

1.50a

5.21

1.74

1.26

1.60a

6.00

1.85

1.35

Very difficult or difficult to receive help from neighbors

        

   Very easy to receive help from neighbors

1.32a

5.74

1.44

1.20

1.32a

5.92

1.44

1.20

   Easy to receive help from neighbors

1.11b

2.55

1.21

1.01

1.13a

2.97

1.23

1.03

Socio-Economics

Urban

        

   Rural

1.00

0.11

1.08

0.92

1.06

1.67

1.14

0.98

Still studying

        

   Stopped education at 15 years

0.63a

-5.40

0.73

0.53

0.69a

-4.48

0.81

0.57

   Stopped education at between 16–19 years

0.78a

-3.13

0.90

0.66

0.86b

-1.99

0.98

0.74

   Stopped education at over 20 years

1.00

0.03

1.16

0.84

1.07

0.83

1.23

0.91

Institutional Setting and Knowledge

Unaware

        

   Awareness

1.91a

11.01

2.13

1.69

1.74a

9.85

1.94

1.54

Informed consent

        

   Presumed consent

1.17a

3.33

1.29

1.05

1.27a

4.95

1.39

1.15

   Presumed consent enforced

1.29a

5.21

1.41

1.17

1.56a

9.24

1.72

1.40

Interaction between awareness and informed consent

        

   Interaction between awareness and presumed consent

1.18

1.69

1.40

0.96

1.05

0.54

1.23

0.87

   Interaction between awareness and presumed consent enforced

1.48a

4.34

1.73

1.23

1.20b

2.17

1.40

1.00

Control Variables

Bad cooperation

        

   Excellent cooperation

1.78a

3.80

2.31

1.25

1.88a

3.92

2.47

1.29

   Fair cooperation

1.23

1.39

1.60

0.86

1.30

1.64

1.71

0.89

   Average cooperation

0.97

-0.18

1.26

0.68

1.03

0.17

1.36

0.70

Pseudo R2

0.084

   

0.054

   

Adjusted LR chi2(22)

967.22

   

840.61

   

Log likelihood

-10430.4

   

-10821.6

   

% correctly predicted responses

73.30%

   

78.77%

   
  1. Note: C.I. stands for confidence interval
  2. Baseline category appears in italics
  3. a Significant at 1% b Significant at 5%