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Table 4 Comparing age, gender, education, economic level, and health status and insurance with negative attitudes

From: Determinants of willingness to accept kidney transplantation among chronic kidney disease patients in Ghana

 

If there is a class about kidney transplant, would you attend

Yes

No

Don’t Know

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age

  < 40 years

70 (78.65)

14 (15.73)

5 (5.62)

 40-59 years

116 (81.12)

21 (14.69)

6 (4.2)

  > =60 years

75 (68.18)

28 (25.45)

7 (6.36)

Sex

 Male

160 (82.47)

25 (12.89)

9 (4.64)

 Female

101 (68.24)

38 (25.68)

9 (6.08)

Educational Level

 No formal education

8 (42.11)

9 (47.37)

2 (10.53)

 Primary/JHS

73 (66.97)

26 (23.85)

10 (9.17)

 Senior high School/Vocationnal

59 (77.63)

12 (15.79)

5 (6.58)

 Tertiary education

121 (87.68)

16 (11.59)

1 (0.72)

Wealth quintile

 1st quintile

43 (62.32)

17 (24.64)

9 (13.04)

 2nd quintile

53 (76.81)

12 (17.39)

4 (5.8)

 3rd quintile

51 (73.91)

16 (23.19)

2 (2.9)

 4th quintile

63 (92.65)

4 (5.88)

1 (1.47)

 5th quintile

51 (76.12)

14 (20.9)

2 (2.99)

Insurance

 Yes

232 (77.33)

52 (17.33)

16 (5.33)

 No

29 (69.05)

11 (26.19)

2 (4.76)

  1. n = frequency; %: Row percentage