Table 3.
Unit change (on 5-point scale) for perceived risk of nanotechnology for: | ||||||||
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Human health | Animal health | Environment | Impact on expenses | Rich/poor divide | Privacy issues | Access issues | Economic disruption | |
“Discusser” mean perceived risk increase | +0.56 | +0.36 | +0.44 | +0.56 | +0.32 | +0.28 | −0.24 | +0.20 |
“Non-discusser” mean perceived risk increase | +0.27 | −0.13 | +0.16 | +0.32 | +0.32 | +0.97 | +0.29 | +0.06 |
None of the differences are statistically significant at the 0.100 level or below, however