A summary of the methodology used is included in Appendix B of this report. A complete description of the methodology and a copy of the actual survey instrument are included in the Technical Appendix, available upon request from The Partnership for Organ Donation. Interpretation of Results Throughout this report, references are made to differences between categories within groups, e.g. older vs. younger respondents. The reader is cautioned to view these analyses as very broad and descriptive in nature. A number of sociodemographic variables may interact to produce attitudes toward organ donation.
Education is a demographic variable which positively correlated with likelihood to donate organs.
Conclusions that racial or ethnic status alone is a determinant of attitudes and behaviors within this dataset would be erroneous. In interpreting survey results, it should also be borne in mind that all sample surveys are subject to sampling error, that is, the extent to which the results may differ from what would be obtained if the entire target population had been interviewed. The size of such sample errors depends largely on the number of interviews completed.