TABLE 2.
Ordered logistic regression coefficients for evidence needed to improve opinions about the safety of gene editing.
| Agricultural | Medical | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Familiarity | Amount of Research | Amount of Time | Amount of Research | Amount of Time | ||||
| Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | |
| Yes, a little | −0.710*** | −0.340*** | −0.510*** | −0.277*** | −0.611*** | −0.376*** | −0.376*** | −0.322*** |
| (0.136) | (0.090) | (0.136) | (0.091) | (0.134) | (0.083) | (0.134) | (0.082) | |
| Yes, a lot | −0.836*** | −0.518*** | −0.701*** | −0.115 | −0.831*** | −0.524*** | −0.486*** | −0.277*** |
| (0.179) | (0.122) | (0.180) | (0.122) | (0.182) | (0.121) | (0.183) | (0.121) | |
| Strength of Opinion | ||||||||
| Weak opinion | −0.416*** | −0.141 | −0.292** | −0.148* | −0.379*** | −0.202** | −0.433*** | 0.043 |
| (0.141) | (0.086) | (0.142) | (0.087) | (0.139) | (0.085) | (0.139) | (0.084) | |
| Strong opinion | −0.035 | 0.117 | 0.187 | 0.013 | 0.040 | 0.131 | −0.030 | 0.129 |
| (0.163) | (0.101) | (0.162) | (0.102) | (0.165) | (0.102) | (0.165) | (0.102) | |
| Opinion about Safety | ||||||||
| Neither Safe/Unsafe | −1.110*** | −1.143*** | −0.884*** | −1.104*** | −1.159*** | −1.017*** | −1.076*** | −0.961*** |
| (0.149) | (0.097) | (0.146) | (0.095) | (0.146) | (0.098) | (0.142) | (0.095) | |
| Extremely/Somewhat Safe | −1.605*** | −1.740*** | −1.374*** | −1.680*** | −1.652*** | −1.605*** | −1.608*** | −1.670*** |
| (0.147) | (0.092) | (0.143) | (0.089) | (0.154) | (0.096) | (0.150) | (0.095) | |
| Log likelihood | −2,434 | −5,328 | −2,440 | −5,210 | −2,428 | −5,280 | −2,442 | −5,257 |
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.