Table 5.
Opinions on likelihood of governments approving NBTs, differentiate by region and group (% of total).
|
Regions |
Total |
Expert groups |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Europe | ROW | Scientists | Non-scientists | ||
| Optimistic/Very optimistic | 29 | 6 | 17 | 52 | 23 | 29 |
| Neutral | 18 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 11 | 22 |
| Pessimistic/Very pessimistic | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| Total | 52 | 23 | 25 | 100 | 40 | 60 |
| Chi-square statistic | χ2 = 31.392, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 1.793, p = 0.408 | ||||
To increase the cell count, the scale options “Very optimistic” and “Optimistic” were grouped together. Similarly for “Very Pessimistic” and “Pessimistic”. Bold value indicates significant p-values at 0.05.