TABLE 1.
Ordered logistic regression coefficients for opinions about the safety of gene editing.
| Agricultural | Medical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | |
| Familiarity | ||||
| Yes, a little | 0.915*** | 0.678*** | 1.043*** | 0.811*** |
| (0.142) | (0.089) | (0.142) | (0.086) | |
| Yes, a lot | 2.795*** | 1.505*** | 2.602*** | 1.783*** |
| (0.220) | (0.133) | (0.226) | (0.140) | |
| Strength of Opinion | ||||
| Weak opinion | 0.014 | 0.027 | −0.269* | 0.109 |
| (0.149) | (0.089) | (0.149) | (0.090) | |
| Strong opinion | −0.033 | −0.140 | 0.427** | 0.127 |
| (0.180) | (0.106) | (0.189) | (0.110) | |
| Log likelihood | −1,327 | −3,200 | −1,299 | −3,098 |
Note: ***, **, and * denote p-value < 0.01, 0.05, and 0.10. Standard errors are reported in paratheses. There were 1,442 observations in the Sample 1 models and 3,125 observations in the Sample 2 models.