Table 6

Responses regarding sharing and exportation of blood samples (n=600)†

Characteristic	Samples may be sent to another Arab country?	Samples may be sent to a European country?	Samples may be sent to the USA?	Source country should have access to drugs derived from analysis?	Government approval for sample exportation?
Aggregate	62.0**	41.8	37.2	89.0	82.2
Age (years)
≤25	65.5	42.5	31.9	94.7	83.2
26–45	62.9	41.5	38.3	87.5	83.9
≥46	59.4	41.8	38.5	87.9	79.9
Gender
Men	55.6	41.7	35.9	92.2	85.1
Women	68.2*	42.0	38.4	85.9	79.3
Health setting
Inpatient	66.7	43.3	38.9	87.6	77.6
Outpatient	59.0	41.0	36.1	89.9	83.6
Public	62.5	39.8	34.0	88.9	82.9
Private	60.7	47.0	45.2	89.3	80.4
Geographical area
Rural	66.4*	41.7	36.7	89.0	82.3
Urban	58.0	42.0	37.5	89.0	82.0
Average monthly expenses (Egyptian pounds)
≤500	64.7	33.0	30.2	82.3**	80.9
501–1000	63.8	43.5	36.7	91.3	81.6
≥1001	57.4	52.9	49.0	94.8	84.5
Education
Illiteracy	63.2	34.2	33.8	84.6	81.1
Sub-university	59.7	41.3	33.5	90.3	84.5
University	63.3	53.0	46.4	93.4	80.7
Employment
Unemployed	67.1	40.5	36.7	86.2	79.2
Manual	67.2	37.7	32.8	91.8	86.9
Skilled	51.6	37.4	34.1	91.2	89.0
Semi-professional	54.3	52.2	41.3	89.1	82.6
Professional	57.5	46.9	41.6	92.9	81.4