Characteristic | Willingness to undergo Kidney transplant | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
n | Yes | No | P-value | |
Age (%) | 0.519 | |||
18-39 | 24 (11.3) | 13 (11.7) | 10 (10.5) | |
40-59 | 110 (51.6) | 61 (55.0) | 46 (48.4) | |
60 and above | 79 (37.1) | 37 (33.3) | 39 (41.1) | |
Gender (%) | 0.531 | |||
Female | 117 (57.6) | 63 (58.9) | 49 (54.4) | |
Race (%) | ||||
African American | 192 (91.0) | 102 (91.9) | 86(91.5) | 0.565! |
Other | 19 (9.0) | 9(8.1) | 8(8.5) | |
Marital Status (%) | 0.523 | |||
Married | 48 (23.4) | 25(22.9) | 21(23.6) | |
Single | 90 (43.9) | 51(46.8) | 37(41.6) | |
Widowed | 32 (15.6) | 18(16.5) | 12(13.5) | |
Divorced | 35 (17.1) | 15(13.8) | 19(21.4) | |
Income (%) | 0.599! | |||
25 K∞ or less | 143 (70.4) | 75 (71.4) | 65 (70.7) | |
Above 25 K up to 50 K∞ | 13 (6.4) | 9 (8.6) | 4 (4.4) | |
Above 50 K | 7 (3.5) | 3 (2.9) | 3 (3.3) | |
Other# | 40 (19.7) | 18 (17.1) | 20 (21.7) | |
Education (%) | 0.129 | |||
< high school | 40 (19.1) | 15 (13.8) | 23 (24.5) | |
High school | 99 (47.1) | 53 (48.6) | 43 (45.7) | |
College and above | 71(33.8) | 41 (37.6) | 28 (29.8) | |
Employed (%) | 0.227 | |||
Employed | 37 (18.4) | 24(22.9) | 12(13.3) | |
Unemployed | 89 (44.3) | 45(42.9) | 42(46.7) | |
Retired | 75 (37.3) | 36(34.3) | 36(40.0) | |
Insured (%) | ||||
Yes | 111 (54.15) | 60 (55.1) | 50 (54.4) | 0.921 |
Type of insurance | 0.900! | |||
Medicaid | 32(27.8) | 18(30.0) | 14(25.9) | |
Medicare | 54(47.0) | 27(45.0) | 27(50.0) | |
Private insurance | 8(7.0) | 5(8.3) | 3(5.6) | |
More than one insurance | 21 (18.3) | 10(16.7) | 10(18.5) | |
Preference of living or deceased donor (%) | <.001! | |||
Deceased kidney | 1(0.6) | 1(1.0) | 0 (0) | |
Living kidney | 56(32.0) | 39(38.2) | 16(22.2) | |
I don’t want one | 21(12.0) | 3(2.9) | 1(25.0) | |
No preference | 97(55.4) | 59(57.8) | 38(52.8) | |
Willingness to undergo Kidney transplant (%) | 111(53.9) | 95(46.1) |