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Chicago study: what has been measured?

The dataset contains information on:

Demographic variables

  • Sex
  • age
  • ethnicity
  • education
  • occupation
  • relationship status
  • ethnicity

Blood, plasma and organ donation

  • Blood and plasma donation eligibility, history, exit reason
  • Organ donation registration, history and willingness (of bone marrow, umbilical cord after giving birth, sperm, eggs and after death: bone, skin, parts of the eye, heart valves, blood vessels)
  • Known blood, plasma or organ donors
  • Donation efficacy (e.g.; intention and likelihood of donation, capability)
  • Donation attitudes
  • Barriers to donate (barriers)
  • Motivators to donate (motivators)
  • Questionnaires on personality, emotion, cognitive functioning
  • Personality; Neuroticism, Extraversion, Psychoticism, Lie (EPQ)
  • Emotion regulation (ERQ)
  • Attachment (RQ)
  • Approach/Avoidance behavior of positive/negative things (BISBAS)
  • Trait Anxiety (STAI)
  • Altruistic values
  • Generalised Social Trust
  • Motives for giving (in general)
  • Emotional experience (mDES)
  • Coping style (COPE)

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