Table 3 Factors associated with knowledge towards blood donation among adults in Debre Markos Town, Northwest Ethiopia (n = 772)

 Male

229

281

2.07 (1.55, 2.78)

1.89 (1.36, 2.61)**

 Female

207

367

1

1

 18–25

191

101

5.14 (3.18, 8.26)

2.42 (1.33, 4.40)*

 26–35

150

85

4.78 (2.92,7.80)

2.06 (1.13, 3.73)*

 36–45

64

66

2.63 (1.54, 4.49)

1.38 (0.75, 2.54)

  > 45

31

84

1

1

 Non formal education

18

84

1

1

 Primary school (1–8^th)

30

36

3.89 (1.93, 7.85)

2.93 (1.39, 6.17)*

 Secondary (9–12^th)

147

90

7.62 (4.30, 13.5)

3.33 (1.68, 6.60)**

 Certificate & above

241

126

8.93 (5.14, 15.5)

4.39 (2.29, 8.39)**

 Television

355

246

0.64 (0.38, 1.07)

1.03 (0.60, 1.76)

 Radio

29

67

0.19 (0.10, 0.37)

0.37 (0.19, 0.75)*

 Newspaper/Internet

52

23

1

1