Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of WSUTRH health care workers towards blood donation, 2017
Variable | Category | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 20–25 | 61 | 28 |
26–30 | 102 | 46.8 | |
31–35 | 33 | 15.1 | |
36–40 | 15 | 6.9 | |
> 41 | 7 | 3.2 | |
Sex | Male | 129 | 59.2 |
Female | 89 | 40.8 | |
Marital status | Single | 107 | 49.1 |
Married | 106 | 48.6 | |
Divorced | 4 | 1.8 | |
Widowed | 1 | 0.5 | |
Qualification | Diploma | 77 | 35.3 |
First degree | 138 | 63.3 | |
Second degree | 1 | 0.5 | |
Specialist | 2 | 0.9 | |
Religion | Protestant | 107 | 49.1 |
Orthodox | 89 | 40.8 | |
Catholic | 9 | 4.1 | |
Muslim | 6 | 2.8 | |
Other | 7 | 3.2 | |
Duration of practice in years | 1–2 | 97 | 44.5 |
3–4 | 31 | 14.2 | |
5–6 | 23 | 10.6 | |
7–8 | 31 | 14.2 | |
9–10 | 16 | 7.4 | |
≥11 | 20 | 9.1 | |
Department | Nursing | 116 | 53.2 |
Physician | 22 | 10.1 | |
Laboratory | 18 | 8.3 | |
Anesthetists | 15 | 6.9 | |
Pharmacy | 8 | 3.7 | |
Others | 39 | 17.9 | |
Monthly income in birr | 1000–3000 | 87 | 39.9 |
3001–6000 | 81 | 37.2 | |
6001–9000 | 48 | 22 | |
> 9000 | 2 | 0.9 | |
Easy accessibility of blood bank | Yes | 26 | 11.9 |
No | 192 | 88.1 |