Table 2.

Comparison of nanotechnology applications on different factors: means (standard errors) based on repeated measure ANOVA

Factorsa	Smart pesticide	Nano-encapsulated food	Food packaging	Importance of factor for introduction of nanotechnology (1 = extremely important, 5 = not at all important)b
Concerns about technological implementation (1 = extremely likely to raise concern, 5 = not at all likely to raise concern)1	2.80 (.05) a	2.78 (.05) a	2.95 (.05) b	2.26 (.05) I
Benefits and need (1 = extremely beneficial and necessary, 5 = not at all beneficial and necessary)1	3.16 (.06) a	3.01 (.06) b	2.97 (.06) b	2.60 (.05) II
Access to technology (1 = extremely likely to have access, 5 = not at all likely to have access)1	3.30 (.06) a	3.37 (.07) a	2.98 (.07) b	2.81 (.06) III
Risk and fear (1 = extremely risky and frightening, 5 = not at all risky and frightening)1	3.57 (.05) a	3.71 (.05) b	3.79 (.06) b	2.27 (.05) I

N = 417

^aMeans with different letters are significantly different between applications or factors (pairwise comparisons LSD; α = 0.05)

^bMeans with a different superscript Roman numeral are significantly different between applications or factors (pairwise comparisons LSD; α = 0.05)