Table 3 Association between good basic knowledge of corneal donation (answered both questions 1 & 3 correctly) and demographic factors

Gender

 Male (12.1 %)

1^a

1

 Female (19.5 %)

1.61 (1.03–2.53)

0.035

1.89 (1.09–3.29)

0.02

Age

 18–20 years old (16.2 %)

0.93 (0.63–1.37)

 21–25 years old (17.5 %)

1

0.72

-

Nationality

 Singaporean (17.0 %)

0.74 (0.35–1.55)

 Permanent Resident (4.0 %)

0.15 (0.02–1.25)

 Foreigner (21.7 %)

1

0.21

-

Race

 Chinese (18.4 %)

2.48 (0.57–10.8)

 Malay (11.5 %)

1.43 (0.30–6.89)

 Indian (21.0 %)

2.92 (0.01–14.0)

 Others (8.3 %)

1

0.22

-

Religion

 Christianity (12.5 %)

0.57 (0.27–1.20)

 Buddhism (20.3 %)

1.02 (0.54–1.94)

 Islam (13.6 %)

0.63 (0.31–1.26)

 Hinduism (18.45)

0.90 (0.35–2.32)

 Others (20.0 %)

1

0.38

-

Institution

 National University of Singapore (25.0 %)

1.63 (0.82–3.25)

1.59 (0.79–3.21)

 Nanyang Technological University (16.0 %)

0.93 (0.44–1.96)

0.92 (0.43–1.95)

 Singapore Polytechnic (10.0 %)

0.54 (0.24–1.25)

0.54 (0.23–1.26)

 Republic Polytechnic (16.0 %)

0.93 (0.44–1.96)

0.73 (0.34–1.58)

 Ngee Ann Polytechnic (17.0 %)

1

0.09

1

0.07