Table 4.
Themes and dichotomous respondent profiles
| Theme | Level | Overall | Concern about mental health effects of FRT | Concern about discrimination from FRT | Concern about abuse of FRT by commercial entities | Concern about the use of FRT in surveillance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | “Moderately” or “very” concerned | p-value | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | “Moderately” or “very” concerned | p-value | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | “Moderately” or “very” concerned | p-value | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | “Moderately” or “very” concerned | p-value | |||
| Support for FRT in genetics | “Neither support it nor oppose it”, “moderately”, or “strongly” oppose it | 20% | 19% | 21% | 1.00* | 10% | 24% | 0.22* | 13% | 30% | 0.063** | 12% | 27% | 0.11* |
| “Moderately” or “strongly” support | 80% | 81% | 79% | 90% | 76% | 87% | 70% | 88% | 73% | |||||
| Support for clinical use of FRT more broadly | “Neither support it nor oppose it”, “moderately”, or “strongly” oppose it | 79% | 67% | 83% | 0.14* | 75% | 79% | 0.76* | 77% | 81% | 0.79* | 70% | 86% | 0.11* |
| “Moderately” or “strongly” support | 21% | 33% | 17% | 25% | 21% | 23% | 19% | 30% | 14% | |||||
| Concern about non-clinical uses of FRT | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | 65% | 81% | 60% | 0.11* | 90% | 59% | 0.013*** | 81% | 46% | 0.001*** | 75% | 57% | 0.11* |
| “Moderately” or “very” concerned | 35% | 19% | 40% | 10% | 41% | 19% | 54% | 25% | 43% | |||||
| Concern about mental health effects of FRT | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | 25% | 55% | 16% | 0.001*** | 34% | 14% | 0.042*** | 42% | 9% | <0.001*** | |||
| “Moderately” or “very” concerned | 75% | 45% | 84% | 66% | 86% | 57% | 91% | |||||||
| Concern about discrimination from FRT | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | 24% | 52% | 15% | 0.001*** | 34% | 11% | 0.020*** | 32% | 16% | 0.12* | |||
| “Moderately” or “very” concerned | 76% | 48% | 85% | 66% | 89% | 68% | 84% | |||||||
| Concern about abuse of FRT by commercial entities | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | 56% | 76% | 49% | 0.042*** | 80% | 49% | 0.020*** | 70% | 43% | 0.016*** | |||
| “Moderately” or “very” concerned | 44% | 24% | 51% | 20% | 51% | 30% | 57% | |||||||
| Concern about the use of FRT in surveillance | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | 48% | 81% | 37% | <0.001*** | 65% | 43% | 0.12* | 60% | 32% | 0.016*** | |||
| “Moderately” or “very” concerned | 52% | 19% | 63% | 35% | 57% | 40% | 68% | |||||||
| Concern about the use of FRT by law enforcement for minor crimes | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | 58% | 81% | 51% | 0.021*** | 80% | 52% | 0.037*** | 70% | 43% | 0.015*** | 80% | 39% | <0.001*** |
| “Moderately” or “very” concerned | 42% | 19% | 49% | 20% | 48% | 30% | 57% | 20% | 61% | |||||
| Concern about the use of FRT by law enforcement for major crimes | “Slightly” or “not concerned at all” | 65% | 76% | 62% | 0.29* | 85% | 60% | 0.057** | 77% | 51% | 0.021*** | 82% | 50% | 0.003*** |
| “Moderately” or “very” concerned | 35% | 24% | 38% | 15% | 40% | 23% | 49% | 18% | 50% | |||||
| Awareness of discrimination by FRT | Not Aware | 39% | 33% | 41% | 0.61* | 20% | 44% | 0.066** | 36% | 43% | 0.65* | 35% | 43% | 0.51* |
| Aware | 61% | 67% | 59% | 80% | 56% | 64% | 57% | 65% | 57% | |||||
| Awareness of the impact of privacy violations on mental health | “Slightly” or “not informed at all” | 62% | 86% | 54% | 0.010*** | 65% | 62% | 1.00* | 72% | 49% | 0.041*** | 65% | 59% | 0.66* |
| “Moderately” or “very” informed | 38% | 14% | 46% | 35% | 38% | 28% | 51% | 35% | 41% | |||||
*
indicates a non-significant p-value
**
indicates a p-value<0.10
***
indicates a p-value<0.05