Respondents' attitudes towards donating blood samples for genetic research before and after receiving an explanation regarding the nature of genes and genetic make-up
| Characteristic | Would it be acceptable for your blood samples to be used for genetic research? | ||
| Yes | No | I don't know | |
| Aggregate (before explanation)* | 50.7 | 18.7 | 30.7 |
| Aggregate (after explanation) | 66.2 | 23.3 | 10.5 |
| Education (before explanation)* | |||
| Illiteracy | 34.6 | 12.3 | 53.1 |
| Sub-university | 54.4 | 18.0 | 27.7 |
| University | 68.1 | 28.3 | 3.6 |
| Education (after explanation) | |||
| Illiteracy | 61.8 | 20.2 | 18.0 |
| Sub-university | 66.5 | 23.8 | 9.7 |
| University | 71.7 | 27.1 | 1.2 |
↵* p<0.001, χ2 analysis when comparing aggregate responses before and after receiving an explanation regarding genetics.