Table 1 Participant characteristics by willingness to accept kidney transplantation
| Â | Willing to undergo kidney transplant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | Total(%c) | p-value | |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | 0.129 |
 Male | 57 (29.38) | 137 (70.62) | 194 (56.73) |  |
 Female | 55 (37.16) | 93 (62.84) | 148 (43.27) |  |
Current Age (years) | ||||
 Mean ± SD | 51.86 ± 18.07 | 49.45 ± 16.56 | 50.24 ± 17.08 | 0.233 |
  < 40 years | 27 (30.34) | 62 (69.66) | 89 (26.02) | 0.470 |
 40-59 years | 44 (30.77) | 99 (69.23) | 143 (41.81) |  |
  > =60 years | 41 (37.27) | 69 (62.73) | 110 (32.16) |  |
Current Marital Status | Â | Â | Â | 0.187 |
 Married | 60 (30.93) | 134 (69.07) | 194 (56.73) |  |
 Single | 27 (33.33) | 54 (66.67) | 81 (23.68) |  |
 Widowed | 20 (45.45) | 24 (54.55) | 44 (12.87) |  |
 Divorced | 5 (21.74) | 18 (78.26) | 23 (6.73) |  |
Religion | Â | Â | Â | 0.427 |
 Christian | 99 (31.73) | 213 (68.27) | 312 (91.23) |  |
 Muslim | 11 (44) | 14 (56) | 25 (7.31) |  |
 Non-denominational | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | 5 (1.46) |  |
Educational Level | Â | Â | Â | 0.052 |
 No formal education | 10 (52.63) | 9 (47.37) | 19 (5.56) |  |
 Primary/JHS | 42 (38.53) | 67 (61.47) | 109 (31.87) |  |
 Senior high School/Vo | 19 (25) | 57 (75) | 76 (22.22) |  |
 Tertiary education | 41 (29.71) | 97 (70.29) | 138 (40.35) |  |
Employment Status | Â | Â | Â | 0.359 |
 Unemployed | 41 (35.65) | 74 (64.35) | 115 (33.63) |  |
 Employed | 42 (28.57) | 105 (71.43) | 147 (42.98) |  |
 Retired | 29 (36.25) | 51 (63.75) | 80 (23.39) |  |
Wealth quintile | Â | Â | Â | 0.205 |
 1st quintile | 29 (42.03) | 40 (57.97) | 69 (20.18) |  |
 2nd quintile | 20 (28.99) | 49 (71.01) | 69 (20.18) |  |
 3rd quintile | 25 (36.23) | 44 (63.77) | 69 (20.18) |  |
 4th quintile | 22 (32.35) | 46 (67.65) | 68 (19.88) |  |
 5th quintile | 16 (23.88) | 51 (76.12) | 67 (19.59) |  |
Social Support | Â | Â | Â | 0.385 |
 Low | 40 (35.09) | 74 (64.91) | 114 (33.33) |  |
 Medium | 32 (27.83) | 83 (72.17) | 115 (33.63) |  |
 High | 40 (35.4) | 73 (64.6) | 113 (33.04) |  |
Dialysis | Â | Â | Â | 0.032* |
 Yes | 24 (24.24) | 75 (75.76) | 99 (28.95) |  |
 No | 88 (36.21) | 155 (63.79) | 243 (71.05) |  |
CKD stage | Â | Â | Â | 0.086 |
 stage 3 | 8 (25.81) | 23 (74.19) | 31 (9.06) |  |
 stage 4 | 29 (46.03) | 34 (53.97) | 63 (18.42) |  |
 stage 5 | 11 (33.33) | 22 (66.67) | 33 (9.65) |  |
 End stage on dialysis | 64 (29.77) | 151 (70.23) | 215 (62.87) |  |
Has valid health insurance | Â | Â | Â | 0.028* |
 Yes | 92 (30.67) | 208 (69.33) | 300 (87.72) |  |
 No | 20 (47.62) | 22 (52.38) | 42 (12.28) |  |
Preferred source of kidney |  |  |  | < 0.001*** |
 Deceased Kidney | 3 (50.00) | 3 (50.00) | 6 (1.75) |  |
 Living Kidney | 28 (20.29) | 110 (79.71) | 138 (40.35) |  |
 N/A- I don’t want a kidney | 32 (94.12) | 2 (5.88) | 34 (9.94) |  |
 No preference | 49 (29.88) | 115 (70.12) | 164 (47.95) |  |
Other regular Income | Â | Â | Â | 0.101 |
 Yes | 2 (13.33) | 13 (86.67) | 15 (4.39) |  |
 No | 110 (33.64) | 217 (66.36) | 327 (95.61) |  |