Survey+Analysis



 For this project, we decided to use four main research methods: online research, surveys, interviews, and case studies. To conduct our surveys in a fast and efficient manner, we decided to post our survey on surveymonkey.com. We also made a Facebook group, Kidney’s ‘R’ Us that was open for everyone to join, where people could take our survey. We had 60 respondents in total. Some of the results are posted and analyzed below.

Most of our respondents show a similar pattern. When asked how much they would be willing to sell their kidney for, a little over 40% said over $40,000. On the other hand, close to 26% of the respondents said that they would pay less than $10,000 to obtain a kidney. It is a common fallacy that kidney’s are sold for a large amount, but bought for a lower price.   

  As mentioned above, many people did say that they would pay less than $10,000 for a kidney. When asked if they can afford to purchase a kidney for $50,000, which is an approximate price for a kidney on the illegal market, close to 75% said no. This is surprising as close to 45% respondents have an annual income of over $45,000.



When the respondents were asked to rate the success of these transplants on a scale from 1 to 5 (1 being the least and 5 being the most successful), over 50% believe that these transplants are successful. This is definitely a myth as patient survival rate for over 5 years is approximately 50% (Sajjad). 

