Agreement with this concept is significantly lower among the less educated respondents. Although the majority of Americans believe that organ donation may assist families in coping with the loss of a loved one, nearly one-quarter disagree. Nearly two in five black respondents disagree that organ donation helps families cope with their grief. This is a significantly higher level of disagreement than that found among white or Hispanic respondents. Most people who receive transplants gain additional years of healthy life.
Education appears to be strongly correlated with belief that organ transplantation is experimental.
The majority of black respondents and nearly half of Hispanics think organ transplantation is experimental, results substantially higher than for white respondents. This misconception was particularly prevalent among those who oppose the concept of organ donation.