TABLE 5.

Parameters estimated from Multinomial Logit Model.

Variables	Gene-edited potato		Gene-edited apple		Gene-edited milk
	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Trust in Canada’s Food Safety System	0.083	0.437	0.396	0.985**	0.876**	0.863**
(Not at all Confident)	(0.419)	(0.472)	(0.437)	(0.453)	(0.389)	(0.387)
Neophilic (food neophobia score)	−1.379***	−2.059***	−0.820*	−0.505	−0.765	−0.306
	(0.467)	(0.740)	(0.480)	(0.551)	(0.434)	(0.488)
Neophobic (food neophobia score)	−0.499	−0.011	0.758	1.408**	−1.423**	0.116
	(0.620)	(0.577)	(0.727)	(0.688)	(0.694)	(0.474)
Food origin (ranked in top three concerns)	−1.086**	−0.927	−0.956	−0.561	−0.249	−0.350
	(0.479)	(0.525)	(0.503)	(0.521)	(0.446)	(0.424)
Environmental impact (ranked in top three concerns)	1.047	2.171***	1.180	2.645***	0.573	1.020*
	(0.743)	(0.758)	(0.834)	(0.807)	(0.666)	(0.596)
Friend or family (source of information)	−0.027	−0.084	0.287	0.200	0.687**	0.200
	(0.320)	(0.372)	(0.334)	(0.351)	(0.305)	(0.295)
Government website (source of information)	0.867**	0.677	0.583	0.353	0.268	-0.072
	(0.428)	(0.483)	(0.429)	(0.452)	(0.371)	(0.372)
Food company (source of information)	−0.340	−1.325**	−0.300	−0.749	0.224	0.115
	(0.432)	(0.488)	(0.433)	(0.449)	(0.369)	(0.369)
Self-rated understanding of gene editing	−0.531	−0.567	−0.215	−0.030	−1.657***	−0.918
(very poor)	(0.595)	(0.669)	(0.605)	(0.610)	(0.567)	(0.536)
Benefits perception index	2.774***	−1.022	2.512***	0.957	1.715***	−0.077
	(0.653)	(0.808)	(0.668)	(0.702)	(0.563)	(0.576)
Health risk perception index	0.360	1.880**	−1.091	0.234	−0.508	0.601
	(0.786)	(0.931)	(0.852)	(0.909)	(0.702)	(0.739)
Ethical perception index	−0.957	1.082	−0.297	0.298	−0.058	1.114**
	(0.558)	(0.675)	(0.579)	(0.639)	(0.506)	(0.533)
Gender	0.138	−1.300***	−0.316	−1.46***	−0.310	−0.652**
	(0.337	(0.405)	(0.351)	(0.378)	(0.317)	(0.315)

Note: Statistical significance at 1% (***) and 5% (**). Standard error in parentheses. The table reports only significant parameter estimates.