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Table 1 Frequency And Percentage Of Responses For Willingness To Donate And Identification Of Samples

Question	Yes	No	Unsure
Willingness to donate
A biobank that was located entirely within Australia and used only by Australian researchers	706	31	13
	94.1%	4.1%	1.7%
An Australian biobank that allows its samples to be used by researchers located overseas	619	107	24
	82.5%	14.3%	3.2%
An Australian biobank that sent some of its samples to be stored in a biobank overseas	606	123	21
	80.8%	16.4%	2.8%
A biobank located overseas (i.e. a bank that is located entirely overseas and used by researchers located overseas)	469	244	37
	62.5%	32.5%	4.9%
Identification of samples
Coded samples - Stored and used by an Australian biobank	656	72	22
Coded samples - Stored and used by an Australian biobank	87.5%	9.6%	2.9%
Coded samples - Used or stored by biobank researchers located overseas	448	266	36
	59.7%	35.5%	4.8%
Anonymous Samples - Stored and used by an Australian biobank	706	34	10
	94.1%	4.5%	1.3%
Anonymous Samples - Used or stored by biobank researchers located overseas	570	161	19
	76.0%	21.5%	2.5%
Identifiable Sample - Stored and used by an Australian biobank	494	217	39
	65.9%	28.9%	5.2%
Identifiable Sample - Used or stored by biobank researchers located overseas	314	401	35
	41.9%	53.5%	4.7%

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