Table 4.
Attitudes toward nanotechnology: moral covariates and self-reported familiarity (N = 750)
| M | IV | Positive vs. negative (A) | Positive vs. not positive, nor negative (B) | Negative vs. not positive, nor negative (C) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (SE) sig | Exp (B) | Bś | B (SE) sig | Exp (B) | Bś | B (SE) sig | Exp (B) | Bś | ||
| 4 | Gender | −0.949*** (0.251) | 0.387 | −0.475 | −0.758 (0.209)*** | 0.469 | −0.379 | 0.191 (0.195) | 1.210 | 0.096 |
| Age | −0.015 (0.008) | 0.986 | −0.225 | −0.006 (0.007) | 0.994 | −0.090 | 0.008 (0.007) | 1.008 | 0.120 | |
| Education | 0.136 (0.107) | 1.146 | 0.156 | 0.214* (0.086) | 1.238 | 0.246 | 0.078 (0.090) | 1.081 | 0.090 | |
| S&T | 0.422*** (0.067) | 1.525 | 0.848 | 0.247*** (0.057) | 1.280 | 0.496 | −0.175*** (0.049) | 0.839 | −0.352 | |
| Nature | −0.177*** (0.038) | 0.838 | −0.644 | −0.014 (0.028) | 0.986 | −0.051 | 0.163*** (0.031) | 1.117 | 0.593 | |
| Religion 3 | ||||||||||
| Atheïst | −0.043 (0.298) | 0.958 | −0.021 | −0.539* (0.240) | 0.583 | −0.259 | −0.496* (0.235) | 0.609 | −0.239 | |
| Spiritual | −0.040 (0.294) | 0.961 | −0.018 | −0.202 (0.246) | 0.817 | −0.091 | −0.162 (0.232) | 0.850 | −0.073 | |
| 5 | Gender | −0.822** (0.257) | 0.439 | −0.411 | −0.657** (0.214) | 0.518 | −0.329 | 0.165 (0.197) | 1.179 | 0.083 |
| Age | −0.015 (0.009) | 0.986 | −0.225 | −0.007 (0.007) | 0.933 | −0.105 | 0.008 (0.007) | 1.008 | 0.120 | |
| Education | 0.066 (0.110) | 1.069 | 0.076 | 0.151 (0.089) | 1.163 | 0.174 | 0.085 (0.090) | 1.088 | 0.098 | |
| S&T | 0.411*** (0.068) | 1.508 | 0.826 | 0.238*** (0.058) | 1.268 | 0.478 | −0.173*** (0.049) | 0.841 | −0.348 | |
| Nature | −0.185*** (0.039) | 0.831 | −0.673 | −0.021 (0.029) | 0.979 | −0.076 | 0.164*** (0.032) | 1.178 | 0.597 | |
| Religion 3 | ||||||||||
| Atheïst | −0.143 (0.305) | 0.867 | −0.069 | −0.621* (0.246) | 0.538 | −0.298 | −0.478* (0.236) | 0.620 | −0.229 | |
| Spiritual | −0.141 (0.300) | 0.868 | −0.063 | −0.272 (0.251) | 0.762 | −0.122 | −0.131 (0.234) | 0.877 | −0.059 | |
| Familiarity | −1.160*** (0.265) | 0.313 | −0.549 | −0.971*** (0.206) | 0.379 | −0.459 | 0.190 (0.222) | 1.209 | 0.090 | |
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
Note: Multinomial logistic regression (N = 750). M (=Model), IV (=Independent variable), B = unstandardized logistic coefficients, Bś = partially standardized logistic coefficients, ref. category gender = male; ref. category familiarity = familiar, ref. category Religion 3 = belief in God, S&T = attitudes toward science and technology