Table 2.
Thematically categorised associations (sorted by total number across all techniques).
| No. | Code | GM (n = 231) | % of GM | CP (n = 193) | % of CP | GE (n = 168) | % of GE | SB (n = 156) | % of SB | Total (N = 748) | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nature | 5x | 2 | 82x | 42 | 8x | 5 | 21x | 13 | 116 | 16 |
| 2 | Modification | 32x | 14 | 7x | 4 | 32x | 19 | 10x | 7 | 81 | 11 |
| 3 | Science | 38x | 16 | 4x | 2 | 16x | 10 | 19x | 12 | 77 | 10 |
| 4 | Food/Agriculture | 25x | 11 | 28x | 14 | 8x | 5 | 7x | 5 | 68 | 9 |
| 5 | Artificial | 16x | 7 | 6x | 3 | 5x | 3 | 39x | 25 | 66 | 9 |
| 6 | Technology/Future | 26x | 11 | 8x | 4 | 16x | 10 | 16x | 10 | 66 | 9 |
| 7 | Improvement | 15x | 7 | 13x | 7 | 14x | 8 | 9x | 6 | 51 | 7 |
| 8 | Production | 19x | 8 | 11x | 6 | 5x | 3 | 11x | 7 | 46 | 6 |
| 9 | DNA/Genes | 15x | 7 | 1x | 1 | 28x | 17 | 1x | 1 | 45 | 6 |
| 10 | Risk/Health | 10x | 4 | 7x | 4 | 11x | 6 | 3x | 2 | 31 | 4 |
| 11 | Complexity | 5x | 2 | 5x | 2 | 12x | 7 | 2x | 1 | 24 | 3 |
| 12 | Laboratory | 10x | 4 | 2x | 1 | 2x | 1 | 5x | 3 | 19 | 2 |
| 13 | Other | 15x | 7 | 19x | 10 | 11x | 6 | 13x | 8 | 58 | 8 |
GM: genetic modification; CP: cross-pollination; GE: gene-editing; SB: synthetic biology.