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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of people who gave blood and those that did not

From: The diabetes-obesity-hypertension nexus in Qatar: evidence from the World Health Survey

 

Blood (%)

No blood (%)

N = 3337

N = 1438

Age

  

0-19

3.52

3.20

20-29

19.84

23.78

30-39

34.35

35.95

40-49

26.34

24.26

50-59

12.13

8.65

60 and over

3.82

4.16

Gender

  

Male

47.76

49.48

Female

52.24

50.52

Education level

  

Illiterate

0.10

0.09

Less than secondary

13.18

10.90

Secondary and above

86.72

89.01

Marital status

  

Married

79.98

77.58

Non married

20.02

22.42

Nationality

  

Qatari

46.83

54.01

Non-Qatari

53.17

45.99

 

Blood (%)

No blood (%)

 

Qatari

non-Qatari

Qatari

non-Qatari

N = 1556

N = 1781

N = 778

N = 660

Age

    

0-19

4.69

2.55

4.01

2.26

20-29

22.24

17.71

27.3

19.51

30-39

32.20

36.22

34.57

37.63

40-49

25.06

27.45

22.7

26.13

50-59

10.41

13.64

5.79

12.02

60 and over

5.40

2.43

5.64

2.44

Gender

    

Male

39.72

54.84

46.88

54.80

Female

60.28

45.16

53.12

45.20

Education level

    

Illiterate

0.14

0.06

0.16

0.00

Less than secondary

19.16

8.46

14.56

7.00

Secondary and above

80.69

91.49

85.28

93.00

Marital status

    

Married

69.15

89.52

69.97

86.41

Non married

30.85

10.48

30.03

13.59

  1. Data taken from WHO World Health survey [3].