Howard University, Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA.
J Health Psychol. 2010 Mar;15(2):163-72. doi: 10.1177/1359105309345171.
Religions instruct individuals to engage in prosocial behaviors. Previous studies are lacking on a positive relation between religiousness and blood donation. We tested this hypothesis using a national survey of 7611 women and 4282 men aged 18-44 years. In women, positive associations of childhood religious affiliation, current affiliation and attendance with blood donation were seen on bivariate analysis but were no longer significant when socio-demographic variables were controlled for. Religiousness was not associated with history of blood donation in men, with the exception of higher donation rates in Catholic men aged 35-44.
宗教教导个人从事亲社会行为。以前的研究缺乏宗教与献血之间的积极关系。我们使用一项针对 18-44 岁的 7611 名女性和 4282 名男性的全国性调查来检验这一假设。在女性中，童年时期的宗教隶属关系、当前隶属关系和出席率与献血呈正相关，但在控制了社会人口统计学变量后，这些相关性不再显著。宗教与男性献血史无关，除了 35-44 岁的天主教男性献血率较高外。
