How donors and nondonors view people who do not give blood.

Ninety Australian college students, both donors and nondonors, were asked why they felt other people did not give blood. Donors tended to stress fears, possible ill-effects, and the inconvenience of giving blood. Nondonors tended to dismiss most reasons, although more than half of them agreed with Fear of Being Pricked with a Neddle, Never Been Asked to Give, and Inconvenience such as Loss of Time.