Tables 1-10, pp. 187-206, in Bioethics for the People by the People, Darryl R. J. Macer, Ph.D., Eubios Ethics Institute 1994.

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Table 1: International Bioethics Survey Team

Sample	Sampling	Data Input
New Zealand - public	Darryl Macer, Nobuko Macer	Darryl Macer
New Zealand - medical students	D. Gareth Jones, Otago University	Darryl Macer
New Zealand - teachers	Darryl Macer	D.M., Y.A., S.A., M.T.
Australia - public	Darryl Macer, Nobuko Macer, Ron Rich	Darryl Macer
Australia - medical students	Peter Singer, Monash University	Darryl Macer
Australia - teachers	Darryl Macer	D.M., Y.A., S.A., M.T.
Japan - public	Darryl Macer, Nobuko Macer, Yuko Kato	Yuko Kato
Japan - medical students	Michio Hirayama, Norio Fujiki, Fukui Medical School; Hideo Hayashi, University of Tsukuba	Yuko Kato
Japan - teachers	D. M., Y. Asada, S. Akiyama, M. Tsuzuki	Y.A., S.A., M.T.
India - public, students	Jayapaul Azariah, Hilda Azariah, University of Madras	D.M., S.A., M.T.,Y.A.
Thailand - public, students	Peerasak Srivines & Prasert Chatwachirawong, Kasetsart University	D.M., S.A., M.T.
Russia - public	Vijay Kaushik, Russian Academy of Sciences	Vijay Kaushik
Israel - public	Frank Leavitt, Ben Gurion University	Darryl Macer
Philippines - medical students	Angeles T. Alora, University of San Tomas	D.M., M.T.
Singapore - students	Lim Tit Meng, University of Singapore Ong Chin Choon, Singapore Polytech	Darryl Macer
Hong Kong - students	Maureen Boost, Hong Kong Polytechnic	Darryl Macer

Table 2: Occupation of samples

Student samples (NZ, A, J, In, T, S, P, HK) were all University students. All the university students in the In and T samples were made into separate student samples.

Occupation (%'s) NZ A J In T R Is

Housewife 11.8 8.4 16.0 4.4 1.3 0 0

Retired 23.4 20.1 8.8 0.4 0 0 2

Farmer 4.3 4.2 1.1 1.9 0.3 0 0

Teacher 7.6 5.8 6.4 18.6 10.6 12.3 12

Government 0.9 1.1 14.9 1.1 60.2 1.9 0

Company 7.0 8.5 21.3 4.6 8.1 1.9 2

University / Research 1.5 5.3 1.8 24.2 17.4 29.2 6

Unistudent 8.5 8.5 11.1 0 0 7.6 30

HSstudent 1.8 3.2 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.4 8

Administrator 4.6 9.0 0.3 5.2 0.2 2.6 2

Self-employed 3.6 3.7 4.1 1.3 0.4 2.6 4

Arts 2.1 2.1 0 0.6 0 2.8 2

Counselor 2.1 1.6 0 4.8 0.2 0.2 0

Engineer 3.6 4.2 1.5 5.7 0.2 17.5 2

Medical 7.6 9.0 1.8 7.0 0 5.2 28

Unemployed 0.6 2.1 0 2.8 0.2 0 0

Other 3.3 3.2 9.0 1.5 0.6 0.8 0

Not stated 5.2 10.0 3.7 15.7 0.3 14.9 2

Table 3: Sample Characteristics - expressed as %'s of total respondents (N)

Public Medical/Biology students High School Teachers

NZ A J J91 In T R Is NZ A J In T P S HK NZb NZs Ab As Jb Js

N 329 201 352 551 568 689 446 50 96 110 435 325 232 164 250 104 206 96 251 114 560 383

%1 22 13 23 26 - 36 43 low 60 70 66 - 50 70 80 52 61 28 47 21 37 26

Time2 3/93 3/93 3/93 7/91 7/93 9/93 4/93 11/93 3/93 3/93 6/93 7/93 9/93 8/93 10/93 12/93 8/93 8/93 8/93 8/93 7/93 7/93

Male 41 45 52 53 61 48 36 38 41 50 67 53 42 46 23 45 64 62 48 63 88 92

Female 59 55 48 47 39 52 64 62 59 50 33 47 58 54 77 55 36 38 52 37 12 8

Rural3 23 29 27 - 22 54 - 20 15 11 51 15 42 13 4 12 69 27 25 21 37 34

Urban 77 71 73 - 78 46 90+ 80 85 89 49 85 58 87 96 88 31 73 75 79 63 66

Age (years)

Mean 47.4 45.2 41.7 39.8 30.6 37.2 36.3 33.4 20.8 18.1 21.1 21.8 21.3 21.1 19.3 21.0 40.8 42.5 41.8 42.0 40.7 40.0

<20 5 5 3 4 5 0.5 9 11 38 92 29 22 20 3 69 10 7 4 9 5 0 0

<30 18 19 21 24 55 18 28 37 60 8 70 77 80 97 31 90 33 35 29 29 17 15

<40 15 20 26 23 22 43 28 14 1 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 47 40 40 46 34 34

<50 14 15 19 25 13 31 17 23 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 13 20 21 19 25 32

<60 15 12 14 12 4 7 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 21 17

61+ 33 29 17 12 1 0.2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

Marital status

single 25 26 29 29 53 38 33 34 95 98 99 97 99 99 99 100 9 6 13 16 22 24

Married 59 62 66 66 45 59 54 62 3 0 1 2 0.4 1 0.4 0 83 86 79 70 77 75

Div/wid. 13 9 5 4 0.2 3 10 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4 0 6 6 5 10 1 1

Other 3 3 0.3 1 2 0.3 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0.4 0 2 2 3 4 0 0.6

Children

No child 33 39 40 35 55 22 41 48 97 100 100 98 96 100 99 100 22 15 24 24 30 28

Pregnant 1.4 1 1 2 3 2 0.5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.4 0 3 1 1 1 1 1

One 8 6 9 14 16 24 29 6 1 0 0 0.4 2 0 1 0 8 8 12 13 15 13

Two 26 25 36 32 19 39 24 21 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 39 38 31 27 36 40

>2 child 31 29 14 17 7 13 5 21 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 28 38 32 35 18 18

Education

High school 43 36 37 37 4 2 13 16 29 94 54 7 4 0 23 71 1 0 1 1 0 0

2 year
college
18 15 19 22 6 3 18 20 48 4 6 13 18 0 77 3 1 2 0.4 1 0.2 1

graduate 25 28 31 31 31 35 37 39 20 2 38 27 60 50 0 6 64 58 59 57 78 82

postgrad. 9 16 10 7 52 59 28 25 3 0 0 51 13 47 0 8 30 37 39 41 21 17

other 5 5 3 3 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 5 3 0 4 4 3 0.4 0 0.8 0.3

How important is religion?

Very 27 23 10 - 40 46 10 38 28 19 5 36 54 89 32 21 20 17 42 47 7 10

Some 26 27 33 - 27 44 38 16 20 41 16 24 38 11 41 40 17 29 23 26 25 37

Not too 27 24 40 - 15 8 28 34 18 20 34 18 7 0 22 26 33 32 19 10 45 36

Not at all 20 26 17 - 18 2 24 12 34 20 45 22 0.4 0 5 13 30 22 16 17 23 17

Religion

None 25 25 39 - 2 0.2 20 0 45 32 68 3 0.4 0 25 60 - - - - - -

Christian 70 71 8 - 34 0.4 57 0 49 41 5 24 1.7 99 24 40 - - - - - -

Moslem 0 0 0 - 4 0.6 6 2 1 4 0 7 0.4 0 11 0 - - - - - -

Buddhist 0.3 1 47 - 0.4 99 2 0 2 6 24 0 97 1 36 0 - - - - - -

Hindu 0 0 0 - 59 0 0 Jew: 0 2 0 65 0.4 0 4 0 - - - - - -

Other 5 4 6 - 1 0.3 1 98 3 15 3 2 0.4 0 3 0 - - - - - -

Race

Caucasian 92 91 0 - 0.2 0 - 43 79 61 0 0 0 2 1 0 94 93 95 98 - -

Asian 1 2 100 - 5 92 - 23 11 23 100 4 79 98 95 99 0.5 0 3 1 - -

African 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 4 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0.4 1 0 1 0 0 - -

Indian 0.3 0 0 - 94 0 - 0 1 7 0 95 0 0 1 0 Maori Maori 1 0 - -

Arabic 0 1 0 - 0.6 0 - 4 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 - -

Other 7 6 0 - 0.4 8 - 26 9 9 0 0 21 0 3 0 5 4 1 0 - -

Income4

<20000 32 18 37 31 21 28 24 56 25 14 36 24 41 52 59 69 0 0 1 3 27 27

<35000 29 28 34 33 22 42 25 35 10 19 17 27 32 24 23 24 9 3 9 4 47 47

<50000 20 24 15 18 23 21 24 7 17 21 14 25 16 12 10 2 47 52 49 64 19 18

50000+ 19 30 14 18 34 9 27 2 48 46 33 24 11 12 8 5 44 45 41 29 7 8

1%=response rate of the survey;

2Time that sampling started.

3Indian samples were divided into city, town and rural responses; Russian samples were from three cities, both are described in the analysis of the results for the respective samples.

4Income for NZ, A, Is, S, P in $; Japanese Yen, (Y500,000; 800,000; 1,000,000; Russian in rbl; T in bahts (125,000; 250,000; 500,000); In in rupees.

Abbreviations used in all tables: NZ=New Zealand; A=Australia;J=Japan; J91 from Japan 1991 survey (Macer, 1992); P=Philippines; S=Singapore; HK=Hong Kong; T=Thailand; R=Russia.
Other surveys that are compared in data tables include: NZ90 (Couchman & Fink-Jensen 1990, N=2034); US86 (from the Office of Technology Assessment Survey 1986, N=1273); US92 (from March of Dimes Survey 1992, N=1032).

Table 4: General science and technology attitudes

Q1. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

++ Agree Strongly + Agree = Neither - Disagree -- Disagree Strongly

Public Medical or biology students High School Teachers

NZ A J J91 In T R Is NZ A J In T P S HK NZb NZs Ab As Jb Js

a. Science makes an important contribution to the quality of life.

++ 45 46 34 26 47 59 20 39 47 51 35 35 59 58 51 36 85 56 71 58 26 19

+ 50 48 56 55 29 40 58 35 48 46 57 24 40 42 46 62 14 37 27 36 57 60

= 3 4 8 14 3 1 13 10 5 1 6 1 1 0 3 0 0.5 5 1 4 15 19

- 0.3 2 2 2 12 0.4 7 10 0 2 2 21 0.3 0 0 1 0 2 0.4 1 2 1

-- 0 0 0.3 3 9 0 2 6 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1

b. Most problems can be solved by applying more and better technology.

++ 14 11 12 - 23 8 20 6 4 5 7 19 9 21 16 11 13 4 7 7 6 3

+ 38 44 34 - 41 39 50 32 33 34 33 33 41 53 59 53 33 28 24 17 26 26

= 21 22 33 - 10 14 11 26 27 27 38 11 16 14 16 30 26 30 30 19 50 47

- 24 20 17 - 20 37 16 24 30 31 19 28 31 11 9 6 23 26 29 43 16 21

-- 3 3 4 - 6 2 3 12 6 3 3 9 3 1 0.4 0 5 12 10 15 2 3

c. The natural environment has a valuable property that humans should not tamper with.

++ 42 38 65 - 59 23 37 31 36 32 61 66 16 80 59 29 28 32 23 30 59 61

+ 38 35 31 - 30 33 49 31 43 37 33 26 35 17 32 51 34 52 37 41 33 29

= 11 18 3 - 5 11 8 24 14 19 5 5 7 2 8 17 27 9 20 13 6 9

- 8 7 1 - 5 32 5 12 6 11 1 2 39 1 1 3 9 5 18 13 1 1

-- 1 2 0 - 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0.5 3 0 0.4 0 2 2 2 3 0.5 0.3

d. Genetically modified plants and animals will help agriculture become less dependent on chemical pesticides.

++ 16 18 11 9 19 18 10 12 12 11 7 16 13 21 17 11 25 7 23 14 8 3

+ 48 47 31 39 37 51 34 35 52 61 42 34 52 49 55 50 59 46 55 46 37 23

= 22 25 45 45 5 15 37 33 26 19 43 11 17 20 23 32 10 35 16 26 44 58

- 12 9 10 6 12 13 14 16 8 9 7 27 15 9 5 7 6 11 6 11 9 12

-- 2 1 3 1 8 3 5 4 2 0 1 12 3 1 0.4 0 0 1 0.4 3 2 4

e. Students should be informed about the social issues associated with science and technology so that they can participate in contemporary debates.

++ 44 48 51 47 38 44 33 36 39 37 33 32 45 62 30 13 71 70 76 74 45 44

+ 50 46 39 40 37 46 52 36 47 50 52 23 51 36 49 56 27 29 22 25 48 52

= 5 5 9 9 5 10 13 12 13 12 12 7 3 1 19 27 2 0 2 1 7 4

- 1 1 1 1 12 0.4 1 8 1 0 3 22 1 0 1 3 0.5 1 0 0 0.2 0.3

-- 0 0 0 2 8 0 1 8 0 1 0 16 0.4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

f. A woman can abort a 4 month old fetus.

++ 9 14 6 - 5 3 14 14 11 5 9 6 3 1 1 0 10 10 8 9 3 2

+ 29 24 23 - 12 14 29 27 21 26 29 5 10 3 7 13 20 24 12 9 19 19

= 17 23 33 - 12 17 26 29 19 26 38 11 19 1 23 25 23 27 24 25 46 45

- 23 22 29 - 30 39 20 10 23 23 20 31 50 7 27 37 25 20 24 22 25 27

-- 22 17 9 - 41 27 11 20 26 20 4 47 38 88 42 25 22 19 32 35 7 7

g. A woman can abort a 4 month old fetus that has congenital abnormalities.

++ 27 32 6 - 29 35 43 31 10 8 17 26 25 1 14 18 24 25 22 17 10 4

+ 42 40 45 - 38 44 44 25 33 49 45 40 46 7 38 53 41 31 25 28 39 41

= 13 14 28 - 13 9 10 20 17 23 31 13 12 11 27 16 20 28 21 26 40 42

- 8 7 10 - 12 8 1 14 15 12 6 8 11 24 10 10 7 6 14 7 8 9

-- 10 7 2 - 8 4 2 10 15 8 1 13 6 57 11 3 8 10 18 22 3 4

h. A married couple can use a surrogate mother and in vitro fertilisation if they cannot get pregnant themselves.

++ 13 21 6 - 15 18 24 20 11 12 7 16 21 2 8 4 11 11 14 17 4 2

+ 42 38 21 - 30 55 53 29 44 50 32 28 55 13 37 32 43 35 24 25 18 16

= 17 12 35 - 16 18 15 23 27 24 37 12 17 15 20 35 24 26 22 20 40 44

- 17 20 23 - 23 7 5 14 11 14 18 28 5 37 15 23 15 22 20 21 28 28

-- 11 9 15 - 16 2 3 14 7 0 6 16 2 33 20 6 7 6 20 17 10 10

i. Animals have rights that people should not violate.

++ 29 24 48 - 30 32 50 28 10 18 35 26 48 36 36 16 19 14 15 25 27 25

+ 43 45 39 - 38 50 44 28 42 44 42 26 42 51 42 50 50 47 38 38 45 50

= 16 22 10 - 10 11 4 22 32 25 19 12 6 10 16 30 19 26 27 23 22 21

- 10 7 2 - 16 6 1 20 15 13 3 22 3 2 5 4 10 10 16 12 5 4

-- 2 2 1 - 6 1 1 2 1 0 0.5 13 1 1 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0.3

Table 5: Awareness of developments in science and technology. - Not heard of it + Heard of it ++ Could explain it to a friend

Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

NZ A J J91 In T R Is NZ A J In T P S HK NZb NZs Ab As Jb Js

Pesticides

- 2 5 3 4 5 0 2 4 2 5 5 6 0 1 7 13 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.3

+ 48 47 61 58 44 34 54 60 60 56 73 41 59 76 67 78 5 6 5 10 24 40

++ 50 48 36 38 51 66 44 36 38 39 22 53 41 23 26 9 95 94 95 90 76 60

In vitro fertilisation

- 3 2 4 5 17 0 1 6 0 5 4 16 2 3 10 7 0 2 0 0 0.2 0.3

+ 45 37 53 45 46 67 48 50 33 43 46 39 81 47 69 53 2 12 3 8 10 45

++ 52 61 43 50 37 33 51 44 67 52 50 45 17 50 31 40 98 86 97 92 90 55

Computers

- 1 1 4 - 3 0.2 1 4 0 1 7 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2

+ 49 38 61 - 50 57 40 50 45 50 68 47 71 58 64 68 19 5 22 16 42 52

++ 50 61 35 - 47 43 59 44 55 49 25 51 29 41 35 29 81 95 78 84 57 46

Biotechnology

- 23 19 6 3 10 2 8 18 13 25 5 7 6 13 0.4 8 0 6 0 8 1 1

+ 62 56 65 65 53 57 62 62 54 54 69 53 71 68 45 74 12 51 11 38 11 50

++ 15 25 29 32 37 41 30 20 33 21 26 40 23 19 55 18 88 43 89 54 88 49

Nuclear Power

- 1 2 4 - 4 2 1 10 0 1 4 7 3 1 6 8 0 0 0.4 1 1 0.3

+ 57 49 61 - 55 75 47 66 43 18 64 51 86 59 78 72 6 7 9 10 25 17

++ 42 49 35 - 41 23 52 24 57 81 32 42 11 40 16 20 94 93 91 89 74 83

AIDS

- 0.3 0 5 - 1 0 5 2 0 0 4 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

+ 32 30 44 - 40 34 40 40 12 11 32 29 37 23 42 45 1 3 0.4 3 9 24

++ 68 70 51 - 59 66 55 58 88 89 64 70 63 76 58 54 99 97 100 97 91 76

Human gene therapy

- 26 23 23 - 27 10 22 20 7 16 6 19 15 8 25 29 2 26 4 20 3 21

+ 57 50 58 - 47 70 57 48 28 48 56 55 71 66 59 55 22 44 16 40 35 61

++ 17 27 19 - 26 20 21 32 65 36 38 26 14 26 16 16 76 30 80 40 62 18

Genetic engineering

- 9 9 9 6 17 13 14 8 0 3 8 10 17 4 1 7 0 4 0 1 1 15

+ 62 49 74 68 46 58 60 82 26 43 67 40 63 60 51 79 7 41 9 43 25 67

++ 29 42 17 26 37 29 26 10 74 54 25 50 20 36 48 14 93 55 91 56 74 18

Table 6a: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about in vitro fertilisation

IVF Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

NZ A J In T R Is NZs As Js In T P S HK NZb NZs Ab As Jb Js

Q6. Do you personally believe IVF is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...

Yes 63 65 47 57 79 70 84 71 70 63 62 84 45 70 64 85 77 80 79 80 66

No 22 22 23 17 15 14 6 15 12 12 15 11 45 9 13 10 8 11 11 9 14

Don't know 15 13 30 26 6 16 10 14 18 25 23 5 10 21 23 5 15 9 10 11 20

N 325 196 334 531 682 456 50 95 108 423 313 232 156 249 104 204 95 250 114 556 378

Not stated 28.0 25.0 45.8 45.6 24.2 63.9 70 28.4 24.1 39.7 43.8 13.8 35.9 57.0 53.9 19.1 31.6 22.4 31.6 41.7 55.8

Science 4.0 9.2 4.5 2.3 4.8 6.1 4 2.1 2.8 4.7 1.3 4.3 3.2 0 1.0 9.3 8.4 11.2 9.7 15.1 9.0

Cure disease 37.2 34.7 15.6 21.7 46.8 5.8 14 41.1 49.1 24.1 32.3 67.2 18.0 27.3 28.9 35.6 29.5 28.4 24.6 16.4 4.5

Humanity 2.8 2.0 6.3 6.6 6.0 8.9 0 2.1 2.8 10.9 3.8 2.6 8.9 3.6 6.7 10.7 9.5 7.6 7.9 3.2 1.6

Inc.efficiency 0.3 0 0 2.5 0.9 0 0 1.1 0 0 2.9 0 0 0.8 1.0 0.5 1.1 0 0.9 0.2 1.6

Help if careful 2.5 4.0 2.7 1.5 2.4 3.0 10 7.4 0.9 1.7 0.6 1.7 3.9 2.4 0 8.3 5.3 10.4 14.9 9.2 0

Agriculture 1.5 0.5 1.2 4.7 1.0 1.3 0 1.1 1.9 1.0 3.8 0.8 0.6 0 0 6.4 3.2 2.4 0 3.1 12.4

Misuse 3.7 1.0 4.5 0.2 0.4 0 0 3.2 0 1.9 0 0.9 0.6 1.2 0 0 1.1 1.6 1.8 3.1 1.6

Playing God 11.1 6.6 10.2 3.8 4.6 3.9 0 4.2 3.7 4.7 1.3 3.0 18.6 3.6 5.8 2.0 4.2 3.2 4.4 3.6 6.1

Bad health 1.2 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 0 0.9 0.7 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 2.1

Social change 0.9 0 2.7 1.3 2.0 1.7 0 0 0 2.1 0 1.3 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.5 0 0.8 0 0.2 0

Don't need 5.8 13.8 3.6 5.3 3.7 1.3 2 9.5 13.8 4.0 6.1 1.7 5.8 3.2 1.0 6.9 3.2 8.8 2.6 1.3 1.1

Unknown 0.9 2.6 2.4 3.8 1.6 3.5 0 0 0 4.5 3.8 1.3 1.3 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.9 0.4 2.7

Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of IVF? How much? Why?...

No worries 28 30 13 42 43 28 49 27 35 19 45 30 12 36 24 25 29 16 17 12 12

A few 29 26 45 27 32 23 26 31 29 51 27 50 29 29 26 39 30 25 22 50 42

Some 24 20 28 17 19 31 19 27 28 21 16 15 27 27 40 24 29 35 36 26 29

A lot 19 24 14 14 6 18 6 15 8 9 12 5 31 8 10 12 13 24 25 12 17

N 306 198 326 501 679 456 48 95 105 423 308 230 155 247 104 204 94 247 113 554 381

Not Stated 36.0 34.3 50.9 53.5 39.3 74.5 70.8 34.7 42.9 50.6 55.5 25.2 52.9 67.1 56.7 30.4 53.2 29.6 35.4 48.7 54.9

Don't know 0.7 1.0 2.2 4.6 2.4 1.9 4.2 0 1.0 1.4 3.6 2.2 0.7 2.0 1.9 0 0 0 0.9 1.1 1.8

Interfere Nature 10.5 9.1 8.9 4.4 4.4 2.8 2.1 6.3 9.5 6.8 2.9 2.6 10.3 2.0 4.8 2.0 5.3 4.1 1.8 3.6 7.4

Fear/feeling 4.2 1.0 5.5 2.0 4.3 6.9 0 0 1.0 2.9 1.0 4.4 4.5 0.4 0 2.5 2.1 2.0 1.8 2.2 0.8

Ethical 8.5 10.1 8.0 5.0 5.9 3.5 4.2 16.8 8.6 17.4 7.5 3.5 9.0 3.6 14.4 20.1 11.7 19.0 20.4 17.2 10.2

Social effect bad 3.9 3.0 6.4 10.2 6.5 0.9 2.1 3.2 8.6 3.3 5.2 15.7 4.5 2.8 6.7 4.4 3.2 4.1 4.4 7.2 5.0

Insuff. control 4.6 4.0 1.2 0.4 1.2 1.1 0 1.1 0 0.7 0 3.0 1.3 0 3.9 2.9 1.1 4.9 4.4 5.6 9.2

Bad health 2.3 2.0 3.4 3.6 4.4 1.9 0 2.1 1.9 3.3 7.5 10.4 1.9 3.2 1.9 0 2.1 0.8 0.9 5.0 3.1

Ecology 1.0 2.5 0 2.4 0.3 0.7 0 6.3 12.4 0 1.3 0.4 1.9 1.2 1.9 1.5 1.1 1.2 0 2.2 1.6

Waste 3.3 10.1 0.6 1.8 1.0 0.2 0 1.1 2.9 0.5 2.6 1.7 3.2 0 1.0 6.9 1.1 9.7 9.7 0.4 0

Human misuse 13.4 9.1 10.7 4.2 3.7 3.7 12.5 12.6 1.9 10.6 2.3 1.7 4.5 5.3 3.9 14.7 9.6 14.6 14.2 4.3 4.5

Eugenics 3.6 4.6 0.3 0.6 5.5 0.2 0 8.4 1.9 0 0.3 5.7 1.9 0.8 0 4.9 3.2 6.5 3.5 1.4 0.3

Can control 8.2 9.1 1.8 7.4 21.2 1.7 4.2 7.4 7.6 2.6 10.4 23.5 3.2 11.3 2.9 9.8 6.4 3.6 2.7 1.1 1.3

Table 6b: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about computers

Computers Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

NZ A J In T R Is NZs As Js In T P S HK NZb NZs Ab As Jb Js

Q6. Do you personally believe computers is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...

Yes 85 90 85 91 98 92 86 92 88 87 90 98 95 90 92 95 98 93 90 93 92

No 6 5 3 2 1 2 10 5 5 3 4 1 3 3 3 0.5 0 1 2 2 2

Don't know 9 5 12 7 1 6 4 3 7 10 6 1 2 7 5 4 2 6 8 5 6

N 324 196 332 420 685 456 50 95 109 424 186 232 158 249 105 204 93 250 114 556 379

Not stated 33.6 30.6 47.3 34.5 25.0 69.1 74 29.5 26.6 45.8 28.5 11.2 32.9 55.4 44.8 22.0 36.2 28.4 37.7 48.6 54.4

Economy 3.7 4.1 0.9 1.2 0.7 5.6 2 1.1 1.8 0.9 3.8 0.4 2.5 4.0 1.0 2.4 0 1.6 1.8 0.5 0.3

Science 11.4 13.8 6.9 7.9 12.3 5.8 4 19.0 12.8 7.8 13.4 16.0 9.5 5.2 6.7 23.9 18.1 20.8 9.7 13.1 9.0

Humanity 12.4 11.2 31.0 17.2 7.5 10.2 0 17.9 7.3 35.1 20.4 5.6 20.9 10.0 10.5 19.6 22.3 14.4 14.9 4.9 2.2

Inc.efficiency 25.9 30.6 5.1 35.5 49.3 6.1 12 25.3 44.0 5.9 30.7 60.8 29.1 22.1 37.1 23.9 14.9 19.6 16.7 17.1 6.7

Good Envir. 1.2 0.5 0 0 0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0.2 0.3

Helpifcareful 3.4 3.1 2.4 1.9 2.8 0.2 8 0 0.9 0.5 0.5 3.5 1.9 1.2 0 8.8 5.3 10.4 14.0 13.3 21.9

Insuff. control 0.6 2.0 2.4 0.2 0.6 0.4 0 0 2.8 1.0 0 0.4 0 0.8 0 0 0 0.8 3.5 0.9 2.6

Playing God 0.6 0 0.9 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0.5

Unknown 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0 1.5 0 0 0 0.7 0 0.4 0 0.4 0 0.5 0 0.8 0 0 1.1

Don't need 1.5 0.5 1.5 0.2 0.3 0 0 4.2 0.9 1.9 0 0 0.6 0.8 0 0 0 0.8 0 1.0 0.9

Social change 5.3 3.1 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.9 0 3.2 2.8 0.5 2.2 1.3 1.9 0 0 0.5 1.0 0.8 0 0.4 0

Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of computers? How much? Why?...

No worries 46 51 57 55 64 61 46 58 44 63 57 63 45 60 44 53 53 47 39 57 52

A few 28 22 34 22 27 18 31 21 28 32 21 25 27 23 29 31 24 27 32 32 34

Some 19 15 7 16 7 14 15 18 19 5 16 9 18 10 22 14 20 20 21 7 9

A lot 7 12 2 7 2 7 8 3 9 1 6 3 10 7 5 2 3 6 8 4 5

N 321 197 322 407 682 456 48 95 108 425 182 229 155 247 104 204 94 247 114 553 380

Not Stated 43.5 46.2 63.0 51.4 45.3 80.8 81.3 45.3 41.7 65.9 47.3 28.0 57.4 70.0 64.4 45.6 56.4 45.3 49.1 68.9 68.4

Don't know 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.5 1.3 0.7 0 0 0 1.9 0 1.3 0 1.6 0 0.5 0 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.8

Interfere Nature 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.5 0 0 0 0.2 1.1 0 0.7 0 0 0 1.1 0.8 0 0.4 1.6

Fear/feeling 1.6 0.5 2.8 1.5 2.9 3.2 0 0 0 1.7 2.2 1.3 1.9 0.4 0 1.5 4.3 1.6 1.8 2.2 0.5

Ethical 8.8 7.1 1.2 0 0.9 0.7 0 4.2 1.9 0.2 1.1 0.4 1.3 0 0 12.3 6.4 10.9 12.3 2.4 4.0

Social effect bad 19.9 20.3 6.5 1.9 7.6 0.7 8.3 25.3 37.0 4.5 24.7 16.6 18.1 8.5 21.2 14.7 13.8 15.8 19.3 11.0 9.7

Insuff. control 1.3 1.0 4.7 0.3 1.5 1.5 0 0 1.9 9.1 0.6 1.3 0 0 0 0 1.1 1.2 1.8 5.1 6.7

Bad health 1.0 0 0.9 0.5 3.2 2.4 0 1.1 0 0.2 0.6 3.5 0.7 0.4 1.9 0.5 1.1 0.4 0 0.2 0.3

Dangerous 0.3 0.5 0.9 0 1.0 0.7 0 0 1.9 0 0 2.2 1.9 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0

Ecology 0.3 0.5 0 0 0.2 0.4 0 0 1.9 0.2 0 0.4 0 0.8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.8

Waste 0.3 0 0.3 1.0 0 0.4 0 1.1 0 0.5 1.7 0 0 0.4 0 1.0 0 0.4 0 0.5 0

Human misuse 8.8 6.6 8.1 3.2 6.0 2.6 8.3 6.3 0.9 6.1 1.7 3.1 4.5 4.1 2.9 10.8 7.5 11.3 8.8 2.9 2.6

Can control 12.3 16.2 9.9 18.2 29.3 4.5 2.1 16.8 12.9 9.4 19.2 41.9 13.6 13.4 8.7 13.2 8.5 11.7 6.1 5.1 4.5

Table 6c: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about biotechnology

Biotech Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

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Q6. Do you personally believe biotechnology is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...

Yes 46 59 74 75 90 73 72 56 47 78 77 85 71 90 65 94 62 93 73 95 87

No 5 3 7 5 1 4 10 4 0 3 6 2 4 3 6 0 3 0.4 0 2 5

Don't know 47 38 19 20 9 22 18 40 53 19 17 13 25 7 29 6 35 7 27 3 8

N 315 196 332 526 680 456 50 94 105 423 309 232 157 218 105 203 94 249 110 556 381

Not stated 52.7 49.5 53.0 46.8 37.4 74.5 80 60.6 58.1 51.8 41.1 31.0 50.3 63.9 66.7 27.3 58.5 32.1 45.5 46.6 57.7

Economy 0.6 0 0.3 1.9 3.5 3.9 0 0 0 1.2 2.6 2.2 1.3 2.8 1.9 4.9 0 2.0 0.9 0 0

Science 6.0 10.2 7.8 9.1 14.7 5.6 4 6.4 2.9 7.6 9.1 22.4 5.1 3.2 1.9 10.7 10.6 14.5 8.2 15.5 9.5

Cure disease 1.6 6.1 1.2 2.7 0.7 0 0 3.2 5.7 1.9 4.0 0.4 2.6 3.6 1.0 3.4 2.1 7.2 2.7 1.8 1.3

Humanity 10.2 9.5 14.8 19.0 11.6 6.9 6 2.1 7.6 15.8 19.7 9.5 17.8 13.3 12.4 26.3 12.8 16.5 12.7 4.3 0.5

Inc.efficiency 1.3 0.5 0 3.0 3.4 0.2 0 0 1.0 0 7.1 2.6 3.2 1.6 0 1.5 0 1.6 0.9 1.1 0

Good for environ 2.2 0.5 1.2 3.2 12.2 1.7 0 1.1 5.7 2.4 1.0 15.5 3.2 3.2 2.9 5.4 0 1.6 0.9 2.2 1.1

Agriculture 4.4 4.1 9.6 7.8 7.7 0.8 0 4.3 3.8 9.2 11.7 8.1 2.6 4.8 6.7 11.2 4.3 8.0 6.4 11.0 4.7

Help if careful 4.4 5.6 2.7 2.3 5.0 0.2 8 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.6 3.8 2.0 0 9.3 5.3 14.1 14.6 13.9 16.0

Dangerous 0.9 1.5 3.9 0.4 0.4 2.3 0 0 0 3.1 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.8 1.0 0 0 0 0.9 0.5 0.3

Playing God 2.2 1.5 3.0 0.4 0.3 0.7 0 0 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.4 2.6 0.4 0 0 2.1 0 0.9 0.4 1.3

Don't need 1.6 0.5 0.6 0 0.3 0.2 0 3.2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.3

Unknown 11.8 9.7 1.8 2.7 1.9 3.2 2 7.5 12.4 3.8 1.6 3.0 5.8 0 3.8 0 3.2 0.4 3.6 0.4 2.1

Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of biotechnology ? How much? Why?...

No worries 33 33 37 59 61 39 35 36 54 31 56 52 35 44 32 42 31 23 29 22 22

A few 32 25 44 19 30 25 30 34 26 51 22 37 27 29 40 37 38 37 25 49 46

Some 25 25 14 15 8 26 26 25 13 15 15 8 30 18 19 17 27 31 28 21 22

A lot 10 17 5 7 1 10 9 5 7 3 7 3 8 9 9 4 4 9 18 8 10

N 280 187 381 500 674 456 48 91 95 420 307 230 154 243 104 204 93 236 102 554 383

Not Stated 41.4 41.2 53.4 58.6 49.2 81.4 77.1 51.7 57.9 62.9 60.6 36.5 64.9 71.2 74.1 50.0 63.4 41.1 6.9 58.1 63.2

Don't know 14.3 15.5 2.2 5.0 3.6 2.2 4.2 12.1 11.6 3.1 2.9 5.7 2.6 2.5 1.9 0 3.2 1.3 0 0.2 1.3

Interfere Nature 5.0 2.7 2.8 4.3 0.9 1.1 2.1 2.2 4.2 4.3 2.0 0 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 5.4 1.7 6.9 1.8 4.4

Fear/feeling 8.6 4.8 6.9 4.3 4.2 5.0 0 3.3 4.2 7.1 6.2 3.0 5.8 2.9 2.9 6.4 5.4 4.7 7.8 2.5 1.6

Ethical 1.1 3.2 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.7 0 2.2 3.2 0.5 0 0 1.3 0.8 1.0 2.5 3.2 4.2 0 4.3 3.4

Social effect bad 1.1 2.7 0.3 1.0 0.7 0.7 0 0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.2 0 0 0 0.9 4.9 1.6 1.8

No control/waste 1.8 3.7 1.7 0.3 2.7 1.9 0 2.2 1.1 2.1 1.0 4.3 2.6 0.4 1.9 4.4 0 7.2 1.0 9.0 8.6

Bad health 1.1 0 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.4 0 1.1 1.1 1.7 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.2 3.9 0.5 0 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.0

Dangerous 1.8 2.7 1.9 0.6 1.6 0.9 0 2.2 3.2 0.7 2.0 1.3 1.3 0.8 0 2.5 0 0.4 2.0 1.4 0.8

Ecology 2.1 0.5 2.2 3.0 2.0 1.5 0 3.3 3.2 5.0 3.3 5.2 0 2.9 1.9 3.4 1.1 5.9 2.0 13.7 8.4

Human misuse 13.2 14.4 8.7 5.8 5.8 2.6 14.6 13.2 2.1 9.1 5.9 3.0 3.9 4.5 1.9 17.7 10.8 22.9 18.6 4.0 3.1

Eugenics 0.4 1.1 0.6 0 0.5 0.2 2.1 0 0 0 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.4 0 0.5 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.8 0

Can control 8.2 7.5 6.5 16.8 27.5 1.5 0 6.6 7.4 2.6 14.3 38.7 13.6 10.3 9.6 11.3 6.5 7.6 4.9 2.4 2.4

Table 6d: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about nuclear power

Nuclear Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

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Q6. Do you personally believe nuclear power is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...

Yes 47 54 64 65 61 55 58 50 63 64 59 38 39 27 59 60 62 75 75 73 78

No 43 30 20 19 27 27 30 38 29 21 24 47 55 53 27 23 33 17 16 18 16

Don't know 10 16 16 16 12 18 12 12 8 15 17 15 6 20 14 7 5 8 9 9 6

N 324 196 334 420 683 456 50 95 108 423 183 231 158 249 105 203 95 249 114 556 382

Not stated 27.8 28.1 41.6 39.5 32.1 68.3 70.0 14.7 15.7 33.3 36.1 20.8 32.9 53.0 50.5 19.5 29.5 27.3 36.0 41.2 46.1

Science 4.9 9.7 4.5 3.3 4.4 5.2 4.0 2.1 1.9 4.7 3.3 2.6 2.5 0 1.0 9.3 6.3 8.0 8.8 11.5 8.6

Energy/efficient 9.9 11.7 11.7 31.1 20.8 5.2 0 16.8 28.7 14.4 23.0 15.6 13.9 5.2 25.7 14.6 3.2 19.1 9.7 12.4 8.9

Humanity 2.5 3.6 9.6 8.3 4.3 5.8 0 0 0 7.6 4.4 1.7 4.4 2.4 1.9 10.2 6.3 5.6 7.9 2.0 0.5

Bad for Environ. 4.9 3.1 2.1 1.0 2.6 3.9 2.0 2.1 2.8 1.7 2.2 8.7 2.5 2.8 1.0 4.9 7.4 2.4 0.9 0.9 1.6

Good for Environ 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.2 1.8 0.7 2.0 5.3 9.3 0.2 1.6 1.7 0 0.8 1.9 1.5 2.1 1.6 0.9 0.2 0.8

Help if careful 8.6 10.2 2.7 6.2 11.0 0.2 12.0 13.7 13.0 3.1 7.7 10.0 6.3 2.4 2.9 18.5 14.7 19.7 21.9 11.3 11.0

No control/misuse 2.2 2.0 2.7 2.4 4.7 0.7 4.0 4.2 0.9 1.7 4.4 9.1 4.4 4.8 1.9 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.9 4.5 3.4

Dangerous 29.9 26.5 18.9 10.7 14.1 7.1 6.0 35.8 25.0 24.6 9.8 23.8 29.1 25.3 12.4 12.7 22.1 10.0 11.4 10.1 13.6

Playing God 0.9 0 0.9 0 0.2 0.2 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0.5

Bad health 1.2 0 0.6 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0.2 0 0.4 1.0 1.2 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0.3

Unknown 0.9 1.0 0.6 1.4 2.1 1.7 0 1.1 0 1.2 3.8 3.9 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 1.1

Don't need 4.9 2.6 3.9 0.5 1.5 0.4 0 4.2 1.9 7.3 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.2 1.0 6.8 6.3 5.6 1.8 5.2 3.7

Social change 0.3 0.5 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of nuclear power? How much? Why?...

No worries 12 16 15 23 15 15 8 10 11 9 21 5 2 6 3 9 6 6 7 7 9

A few 16 16 28 19 22 10 13 11 10 27 18 12 8 12 17 16 12 20 20 21 25

Some 19 20 25 23 32 23 31 16 31 33 20 34 23 24 37 21 27 32 28 29 21

A lot 53 48 32 35 31 52 48 63 48 31 41 49 67 58 43 54 55 42 45 43 45

N 314 197 326 408 681 456 48 94 108 425 183 230 155 247 103 204 94 245 114 555 383

Not Stated 29.9 24.9 49.7 42.9 35.5 76.0 70 14.9 19.4 46.4 38.8 20.9 44.5 53.4 43.7 20.6 42.6 29.0 29.8 42.3 49.9

Don't know 0.3 2.0 0.6 0.5 1.8 0.7 0 0 0 0.7 2.7 1.3 0 2.0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0.4 0.8

Interfere Nature 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.1 0 0 0 0.9 0 0.9 1.3 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0.2 1.0

Fear/feeling 2.6 1.0 2.8 1.5 2.9 5.4 0 1.1 0 1.2 2.7 2.2 2.6 1.2 3.9 1.5 4.3 2.0 4.4 2.3 0.8

Ethical-Social 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.5 0 0 0 0 1.6 0.4 1.4 0.4 0 0.5 1.1 0.4 5.2 2.8 1.8

Insuff. control 3.8 3.6 3.1 0.5 7.6 1.3 2.1 2.1 0.9 2.6 0 6.5 1.9 0 1.0 2.0 4.3 4.5 5.3 14.2 9.9

Bad health 3.2 2.0 1.5 2.2 0.7 1.3 0 0 2.8 1.4 2.7 1.3 3.9 2.4 5.8 1.5 1.1 0.8 0 1.3 0.3

Dangerous 26.8 38.1 27.3 30.3 18.9 7.1 6.3 48.9 51.9 35.1 22.4 35.2 32.9 21.5 30.1 29.9 13.8 26.1 22.8 23.2 23.0

Ecology 6.7 5.1 2.2 3.7 4.7 3.0 2.1 5.3 6.5 2.8 3.3 7.0 3.2 4.9 1.9 15.2 11.7 10.2 7.9 6.5 6.0

Waste 1.6 0.5 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1.0 2.9 4.3 2.0 1.8 2.3 1.6

Human misuse 19.4 14.2 7.1 19.1 16.9 1.5 16.7 23.4 14.8 6.8 22.4 19.1 8.4 13.8 9.7 21.1 11.7 22.9 22.8 3.2 4.2

Can control 4.1 6.6 2.5 4.9 9.4 1.1 2.1 4.3 3.7 1.4 3.3 5.2 0 0.4 2.9 4.4 3.2 2.0 0 1.1 0.8

Table 6e: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about pesticides

Pesticides Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

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Q6. Do you personally believe pesticides is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...

Yes 62 69 84 74 63 46 68 61 68 75 67 46 58 68 47 82 77 86 84 88 86

No 23 19 9 14 33 33 30 14 18 9 22 51 35 18 28 13 14 7 5 7 6

Don't know 15 12 7 12 4 21 2 25 14 16 11 3 7 14 25 5 9 7 11 5 8

N 324 197 334 528 686 456 50 95 109 422 313 232 158 249 105 201 95 251 113 551 382

Not stated 35.8 33.0 41.6 38.8 29.0 71.5 72.0 31.6 26.6 42.9 34.8 14.7 37.3 55.4 54.3 20.0 32.6 26.7 35.4 42.7 52.9

Economy 0.6 0 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.5 0 0 0 0.2 1.3 1.3 3.2 0 0 1.0 2.1 0.4 0 0 0

Science 4.0 9.1 5.1 1.0 2.5 4.1 2.0 3.2 0.9 4.0 1.3 0.9 1.9 0 1.9 8.8 7.4 7.2 8.9 11.1 8.4

Humanity 3.4 3.6 9.3 5.1 3.1 5.4 0 1.1 4.6 7.8 2.6 0.4 5.7 4.8 2.9 9.3 8.4 4.8 8.0 2.5 0.5

Inc.efficiency 0.3 0 0 1.0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 1.7 0 0 1.0 0.5 0 1.2 0 0.5 0

Bad for Environ. 9.2 8.1 8.4 4.4 12.0 3.0 2.0 11.6 6.4 9.0 9.9 22.0 10.1 4.4 7.6 13.7 7.4 9.6 6.2 13.6 12.6

Help if careful 12.0 10.2 3.6 5.1 18.5 0.9 14.0 11.6 17.4 4.5 5.1 11.6 7.6 5.6 4.8 19.5 11.6 22.3 21.2 11.4 11.0

Agriculture 9.3 12.2 6.9 31.4 16.1 1.7 4.0 11.6 22.0 5.9 34.5 20.3 7.6 12.5 12.4 10.3 7.4 13.4 8.0 8.7 2.9

Misuse 0.6 0.5 3.0 0.2 3.4 1.9 0 0 0 0.5 0 5.2 0 0.8 0 0 2.1 1.2 0.9 3.1 2.6

Dangerous 12.0 16.2 10.5 6.4 8.5 5.0 6.0 14.7 7.3 10.0 2.9 11.6 16.5 8.8 2.9 7.8 11.6 7.2 7.1 3.5 3.7

Playing God 4.0 2.0 0.9 1.0 1.9 0.7 0 0 1.8 0 0 4.3 1.9 0.8 2.9 1.0 5.3 0.4 0 0.4 0.5

Bad health 5.6 3.1 5.7 1.9 1.0 1.1 6.3 4.6 8.8 3.2 2.6 5.1 4.0 4.8 2.4 3.2 1.2 0.9 0.7 1.6

Don't need 2.1 0.5 3.9 1.7 0.9 0.7 0 8.4 5.5 5.5 3.8 2.6 3.2 2.8 3.8 5.4 1.1 4.8 3.5 1.6 1.8

Unknown 0.9 1.5 0.6 1.1 0.7 2.6 0 0 2.8 1.0 0.3 0.9 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.4 1.6

Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of pesticides? How much? Why?...

No worries 16 19 21 29 14 15 27 16 23 17 21 5 6 16 11 12 10 12 13 11 17

A few 23 23 36 23 19 11 12 29 23 42 26 19 28 31 35 22 13 19 18 34 33

Some 34 25 26 22 37 25 38 34 37 30 26 42 33 39 43 36 42 39 33 35 28

A lot 27 33 17 26 30 49 23 21 17 11 27 34 33 15 11 30 35 30 36 20 22

N 313 195 325 518 681 456 48 94 108 426 314 230 155 246 104 204 94 246 114 551 383

Not Stated 34.5 28.7 54.8 45.2 35.5 77.8 72.9 30.9 34.3 55.4 41.1 20.9 50.3 61.0 52.9 24.5 45.7 29.7 34.2 48.5 58.2

Don't know 1.3 1.5 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 0 0 0.9 1.6 1.0 1.3 0 2.4 1.9 0.5 0 0 0 0.2 0.8

Interfere Nature 5.8 3.1 0.6 1.4 0.6 1.3 0 0 1.9 1.2 1.0 0.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.0 5.3 1.2 0.9 0.4 1.0

Fear/feeling 3.5 2.1 3.7 1.4 2.2 5.6 2.1 0 0 2.6 2.2 1.3 4.5 1.2 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.9 2.6 2.4 0.8

Ethical/Social 1.3 1.0 0 0.2 0.4 1.8 0 0 0.9 0 2.0 0 0 0.8 0 1.0 1.1 0.4 5.3 2.7 1.8

Insuff. control 1.6 2.1 2.5 0.2 5.1 1.7 0 1.1 0 1.2 0.3 4.4 0 0.8 0 2.0 1.1 3.3 3.5 8.4 7.8

Bad health 8.3 6.2 10.8 12.4 5.9 3.2 6.3 7.5 15.7 13.9 13.1 8.3 11.6 7.3 15.4 5.9 6.4 4.5 4.4 5.6 4.7

Dangerous 11.5 22.6 8.9 12.4 14.1 1.5 0 12.8 20.4 8.5 12.4 25.7 16.1 8.5 5.8 14.2 3.2 8.5 9.7 6.4 6.0

Ecology 12.1 13.3 6.8 13.9 15.7 3.0 6.3 29.8 17.6 6.6 20.7 24.8 11.0 9.8 14.4 27.0 14.9 24.0 20.2 19.2 14.1

Waste 1.6 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 0 1.0 2.0 3.2 1.6 0 0.7 0

Human misuse 12.1 11.8 5.9 6.0 11.9 2.4 10.4 9.6 2.8 6.6 3.5 6.5 3.2 2.9 2.9 14.7 12.8 20.3 15.8 3.5 2.9

Can control 6.4 6.7 4.0 6.4 7.6 0.9 2.1 7.5 4.6 1.9 2.9 5.7 1.3 4.1 1.9 4.9 4.3 3.7 3.5 2.2 1.8

Table 6f: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about genetic engineering

Gen.eng. Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

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Q6. Do you personally believe genetic engineering is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...

Yes 41 62 57 65 77 65 74 76 60 69 76 71 55 80 60 92 60 94 69 90 74

No 29 17 10 8 5 7 16 9 16 4 6 5 30 7 12 4 20 1 14 4 9

Don't know 30 21 33 27 18 28 10 15 24 27 18 24 15 13 28 4 20 5 17 6 17

N 321 197 334 523 682 456 50 95 108 423 314 231 158 249 105 204 95 250 113 554 378

Not stated 39.6 37.6 53.9 50.7 40.8 75.8 72.0 27.4 30.6 51.8 36.9 33.3 40.5 59.4 60.0 21.0 35.8 26.8 31.0 47.5 55.8

Science 5.3 9.6 6.0 4.6 19.4 4.8 4.0 4.2 1.9 9.5 3.8 23.8 3.8 2.0 1.9 8.3 6.3 10.0 8.9 16.3 9.0

Cure disease 7.8 8.1 9.0 9.0 2.1 0.7 10.0 27.4 25.0 12.8 15.0 2.6 11.7 9.2 15.3 18.5 6.3 18.8 11.5 8.5 4.5

Humanity 5.6 7.1 9.9 14.1 6.5 6.7 0 10.5 10.2 9.9 21.0 4.4 9.5 14.8 9.5 15.2 9.5 13.2 8.0 3.6 1.6

Good for Environ 0.6 1.5 0 0.4 0.6 0.9 0 1.1 2.8 0 0.6 0.9 1.3 0 1.0 1.0 0 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.5

Help if careful 7.2 11.2 2.4 3.1 5.0 1.7 10.0 9.5 3.7 1.7 3.2 2.2 7.6 3.2 1.9 14.6 12.6 15.6 18.6 13.2 12.4

Agr/economy 5.3 8.6 2.7 12.1 16.6 2.6 0 5.3 5.6 1.9 15.6 21.2 3.8 3.4 2.9 14.6 7.4 11.6 6.2 3.8 1.6

Misuse 5.9 3.5 5.4 0.4 1.7 1.1 0 6.3 5.6 2.6 0 2.6 1.3 0.8 1.9 2.4 7.4 2.0 7.1 3.3 6.1

Dangerous 4.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.7 4.0 2.2 3.7 1.4 0.6 0.8 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.0 6.4 0.8 1.8 1.3 2.7

Playing God 14.0 8.6 4.5 1.1 1.2 0.9 0 5.3 10.2 2.4 0.3 0.9 12.7 3.2 1.9 2.0 7.4 0.4 5.3 0.7 2.1

Don't need 2.2 0 0.6 0.2 0.6 0 0 1.1 2.8 0.7 0 0.9 0 0.8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.4 1.1

Unknown 2.5 3.1 4.5 3.4 4.1 3.2 0 0 0.9 5.4 2.9 6.5 3.8 1.2 1.9 1.5 1.0 0 0 0.9 2.7

Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of genetic engineering? How much? Why?...

No worries 14 19 22 48 42 26 17 11 16 20 51 37 10 25 11 13 9 11 10 15 15

A few 23 21 39 23 32 23 17 27 19 44 23 38 25 23 29 34 11 23 12 44 34

Some 24 26 24 19 19 28 30 33 33 24 17 19 30 36 42 38 38 39 29 28 29

A lot 39 34 15 10 7 23 36 29 32 12 9 6 35 14 18 15 42 27 49 14 22

N 309 195 316 500 670 456 47 95 107 422 310 230 155 245 104 204 94 250 112 555 379

Not Stated 31.1 33.3 58.9 55.4 45.4 79.5 74.5 24.2 26.2 57.4 54.8 34.4 51.0 65.7 61.5 23.0 42.6 29.6 29.5 53.3 59.1

Don't know 2.9 3.6 1.9 6.0 5.7 1.7 0 0 0 4.0 3.6 10.4 0.7 2.0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0.7 1.9

Interfere Nature 13.3 9.2 2.9 3.8 1.8 0.9 2.1 10.5 11.2 4.7 1.9 1.7 7.7 3.3 3.9 2.9 5.3 4.0 6.3 1.3 6.1

Fear/feeling 5.2 4.6 6.7 6.0 8.7 5.8 0 0 0.9 6.6 5.8 5.2 5.2 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.3 3.2 7.1 3.4 2.1

Ethical 4.2 3.6 3.2 1.2 1.0 1.1 0 9.5 13.1 4.0 1.3 0.9 4.5 1.6 5.8 5.9 7.5 5.6 12.5 6.3 5.0

Social effect bad 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.4 0 0 0.9 2.4 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.8 0 0 0 0.8 1.8 2.0 3.7

Insuff. control 2.6 4.1 2.2 0.8 3.0 1.7 0 5.3 1.9 2.8 0.7 6.5 3.2 1.6 4.8 10.3 5.3 11.2 8.0 8.3 9.0

Bad health 1.0 1.5 1.0 3.0 1.8 0.4 2.1 2.1 0 1.0 3.2 1.7 2.6 1.6 3.9 1.0 2.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.6

Dangerous 3.6 2.6 2.2 0.6 2.1 1.9 0 3.2 5.6 1.4 2.6 3.0 3.2 0.8 1.9 1.5 1.1 0.8 1.8 1.4 1.1

Ecology 2.3 1.0 1.9 2.6 2.8 0.9 0 1.1 1.9 1.2 2.3 3.5 0.7 2.9 1.9 6.9 1.1 6.8 1.8 13.2 4.2

Waste 1.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.8 0.2 0 1.1 0 0 1.0 0.9 1.3 0.4 1.0 0.5 0 0.4 0 0 0

Human misuse 19.4 20.5 11.7 5.6 6.1 4.1 10.6 20.0 15.0 12.3 6.8 5.7 7.7 6.5 4.8 27.5 16.0 23.6 17.9 5.6 4.2

Eugenics 6.5 7.2 0.6 2.4 2.2 0 8.5 19.0 19.6 0 12.9 4.8 8.4 3.7 3.9 8.3 11.7 1.6 10.7 1.6 0.8

Can control 4.9 7.2 4.1 11.2 18.4 1.3 2.1 4.2 3.7 2.1 2.6 20.9 3.3 5.3 1.0 7.8 3.2 11.6 1.8 2.0 1.3

Table 7: Concerns about consuming foods made from GMOs

Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

NZ A J J91 In T R Is NZ A J In T P S HK NZb NZs Ab As Jb Js

Q13. Before today, were you aware that genetically modified organisms, such as bacteria, plants and animals, are being used to produce food and medicines? 1Yes 2 No

Y 80 78 61 75 82 56 77 65 97 84 77 88 89 88 93 79 - - - - - -

Q14. If any of the following were to be produced from genetically modified organisms, would you have any concerns about using them? How much? Why?
1 No 2 F=A few 3 S=Some 4 L=A lot

Dairy products

No 27 31 16 48 48 48 37 41 44 48 32 53 48 28 34 21 57 24 49 26 36 17

F 22 21 40 52 26 28 63 22 36 26 46 33 35 24 23 43 22 24 21 30 38 36

S 20 23 26 - 14 18 - 25 13 20 15 7 11 25 31 22 13 32 16 21 16 28

L 31 25 18 - 12 6 - 12 7 6 7 7 6 23 12 14 8 20 14 23 10 19

Vegetables

No 33 34 24 59 47 54 45 47 60 47 37 55 51 30 36 31 60 25 51 29 39 21

F 19 22 42 41 27 28 55 20 23 29 42 29 29 21 26 37 25 22 22 27 38 40

S 19 19 19 - 14 13 - 23 12 18 13 8 15 22 28 21 7 33 15 22 14 24

L 29 25 15 - 12 5 - 10 5 6 8 8 5 27 11 11 8 20 12 22 9 15

Meat

No 25 29 14 45 47 43 31 37 38 41 28 48 35 26 26 20 53 22 46 25 33 15

F 18 18 39 55 25 29 69 18 30 22 43 32 35 20 21 36 22 22 23 24 37 34

S 22 23 28 - 13 19 - 18 19 25 19 12 22 25 30 27 14 34 16 23 19 31

L 35 30 19 - 15 9 - 27 13 12 10 8 8 29 23 17 11 22 15 28 11 20

Medicines

No 38 46 22 50 47 52 54 45 73 59 44 57 40 36 40 26 61 26 57 33 32 16

F 23 21 39 51 28 25 46 10 18 19 36 29 28 15 20 28 23 30 22 35 39 31

S 18 20 20 - 13 15 - 20 5 17 15 7 16 21 25 24 10 31 13 21 17 29

L 21 13 19 - 12 8 - 25 4 5 5 7 16 28 15 22 6 13 8 11 12 24

Table 8: Reasons given for feelings about foodstuffs made from GMOs (Q14)

Q - D=Dairy, V=Vegetables, M=Meat, P=Medicines

Q14 reasons Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

% Q? NZ A J In T R Isr NZ A J In T P S HK NZb NZs Ab As Jb Js

N 306 195 329 514 681 440 50 94 108 426 296 231 160 246 103 196 96 250 106 531 354

Not Stated D 36 36 48 53 43 68 74 38 39 53 59 26 63 58 59 41 29 37 38 48 49

V 38 37 49 53 44 78 74 41 42 54 57 28 61 60 57 44 30 36 38 50 50

M 35 34 48 53 45 76 74 37 39 53 63 27 63 57 57 39 29 35 36 49 48

P 37 37 47 54 43 79 76 39 40 52 61 28 61 59 52 42 31 35 40 47 48

Unknown D 6 7.7 10 6.0 5.4 7.8 0 3.2 5.6 12.2 3.4 5.2 8.5 3.7 7.7 3.6 15.6 12.3 4.4 8.9 11.9

health effect V 5 6.7 8 5.8 5.0 6.8 0 2.1 6.5 11.3 2.4 4.3 9.2 5.7 9.7 3.6 14.6 13.2 4.8 9.2 11.9

M 6 7.7 10 5.9 5.5 6.8 0 4.3 6.5 12.0 2.0 6.1 7.2 4.9 7.8 4.1 14.6 14.2 4.8 9.0 12.4

P 7 6.7 9 6.0 5.5 6.3 0 1.1 6.5 7.3 2.0 5.2 6.5 3.7 9.7 4.6 13.5 10.4 2.8 9.4 11.9

Long term risk D 3 1.5 5 0.8 1.8 2.7 0 3.2 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.7 1.3 2.0 0 5.1 11.5 13.2 6.8 4.0 3.7

V 3 1.5 5 0.6 1.8 2.0 0 2.1 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.0 5.1 11.5 13.2 6.4 4.0 3.4

M 3 1.5 5 0.8 1.9 2.2 0 3.2 0 0.9 0.3 2.2 1.3 1.6 1.9 5.1 9.4 13.2 6.8 4.0 3.4

P 3 1.5 4 0.6 1.9 2.0 0 1.1 1.9 0.9 0.3 3.1 1.3 0.8 0 4.1 6.3 11.3 5.2 3.8 2.5

Quality D 6 2.1 9 4.1 5.7 4.2 0 4.3 2.8 2.8 3.8 7.8 4.6 3.3 1.9 7.7 2.1 4.7 6.8 7.3 2.0

V 6 3.1 6 3.3 4.1 1.7 0 2.1 2.8 2.6 5.8 7.4 3.9 2.4 1.9 6.6 2.1 3.8 6.8 6.4 2.0

M 7 3.1 8 3.9 5.2 2.2 0 4.3 2.8 3.8 4.1 9.7 5.2 5.3 6.8 7.1 2.1 2.8 7.6 7.0 2.0

P 7 1.5 5 2.7 3.2 1.2 0 1.1 1.9 3.1 2.0 6.1 2.6 2.4 1.9 6.1 3.1 1.9 5.6 7.3 1.7

Safety D 11 11 11 3.5 20.1 2.2 6 12.8 11.1 9.9 2.1 21.7 3.3 10.2 4.8 11.7 12.5 9.4 14.0 12.8 10.0

V 11 11 11 3.7 19.7 2.0 6 13.8 11.1 10.6 2.0 21.2 3.9 10.1 3.9 11.7 12.5 9.4 13.6 12.8 9.6

M 11 11 11 3.7 17.1 2.0 6 12.8 11.1 9.9 2.4 16.2 3.3 10.9 2.9 11.2 11.5 9.4 14.0 13.0 9.6

P 12 10 10 4.7 19.5 1.7 6 13.8 11.1 9.4 3.0 20.1 5.9 10.2 3.9 12.2 10.4 11.3 16.8 13.4 10.5

Side effects D 1.3 2.1 1.2 1.0 4.4 2.0 2 4.3 7.4 1.2 1.7 9.1 5.2 6.5 4.8 4.4 6.3 3.8 1.6 0.4 0.6

V 1.3 3.1 1.2 1.2 4.1 1.0 2 5.3 7.4 1.2 2.0 9.1 5.2 5.7 3.9 3.1 6.3 3.8 1.2 0.6 0.9

M 1.3 3.1 1.2 1.0 4.6 1.2 2 5.3 7.4 1.4 2 11.4 5.2 6.1 3.9 3.6 6.3 3.8 1.2 0.6 0.6

P 1.6 5.6 5 2.9 5.5 1.5 4 3.2 10.2 2.6 0 13.5 6.5 6.1 3.9 4.6 8.3 5.7 1.6 3.4 3.4

Unknown D 1.6 0 2.1 0 2.4 2.2 2 0 0 1.2 4.4 0.4 0.7 0.4 0 4.6 5.2 1.9 1.6 4.0 2.3

research V 1.3 0 2.1 0 2.2 1.5 2 0 0 1.2 0 1.3 1.3 0.4 0 2.0 5.2 1.9 1.6 4.1 2.3

M 1.3 0 2.1 0 2.2 1.5 2 0 0 1.4 0 0.9 1.3 0.4 0 2.0 5.2 1.9 1.6 4.3 2.6

P 1.6 0 1.8 0 1.9 1.7 2 0 0 0.9 0 0.9 2.0 0.8 1.0 1.5 5.2 1.9 1.6 4.3 2.5

Unnatural D 18 16 6 7.8 1.9 2.9 6 7.4 8.3 5.6 5.1 2.2 2.0 2.9 6.7 5.6 7.3 7.5 4.0 4.7 7.6

V 19 15 7 8.3 1.9 1.2 6 6.4 9.3 4.9 5.4 0.9 2.6 3.2 3.9 5.1 7.3 7.5 4.0 4.3 8.2

M 20 14 7 7.5 2.5 2.2 6 7.4 10.2 5.4 5.1 0.9 3.9 5.3 4.9 5.1 9.4 6.6 4.4 4.7 7.9

P 13 9 5 4.5 0.9 1.7 4 3.2 0.9 3.3 3.7 0.9 1.3 2.0 1.9 5.1 7.3 2.8 3.2 3.4 6.8

Unethical D 5.8 4.6 1.5 0.6 1.2 1.3 6 8.5 12.0 0.2 1.0 1.3 0 0.8 1.0 4.1 1.0 2.8 0.9 1.1 2.0

V 3.6 3.6 1.2 0.6 1.5 0.7 6 3.2 9.3 0.2 0.7 0.9 0 0.4 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.7

M 7.5 8.7 1.8 4.9 2.2 1.5 6 10.6 14.8 0.5 5.4 1.8 0 2.0 1.0 6.1 2.1 3.6 3.8 0.9 2.3

P 4.2 2.6 1.2 0.6 1.2 0.7 0 6.4 9.3 0.2 0.3 0.9 0 0.4 0 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.4

Environment D 1.3 0.5 0.6 1.8 0.3 0 0 2.1 5.6 2.1 0.3 1.3 0.7 2.4 0 6.6 5.2 9.6 6.6 4.0 3.1

V 1 1 1.5 1.7 1.0 0 0 2.1 5.6 2.3 0.3 1.7 0.7 2.0 0 7.7 5.2 11.2 7.5 4.5 3.1

M 1 1 1.5 1.6 0.7 0 0 2.1 5.6 2.1 0.3 2.2 0.7 2.0 0 6.6 6.3 10.0 6.6 4.3 3.4

P 1 0 0.6 1.4 0.4 0 0 1.1 2.8 1.9 0.3 1.8 0.7 2.4 0 4.1 3.1 7.6 5.7 4.0 2.8

Economic D 1.3 3.1 0.3 0 0.3 0.2 2 3.2 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 4.1 2.1 2.4 3.8 1.5 2.8

abuse V 1.3 3.1 0.3 0 0.3 0 2 3.2 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 3.6 2.1 2.4 3.8 1.7 2.6

M 1.3 3.6 0.3 0 0.3 0 2 3.2 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 3.6 2.1 2.4 3.8 1.7 3.1

P 1.3 2.6 0.6 0 0.4 0 0 3.2 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 2.6 3.1 12.6 3.8 1.5 2.8

Other D 3 3 7 3.9 2.8 0.5 2 2.1 1.9 6.6 3.1 3.9 2.6 2.4 5.8 6.6 3.1 5.2 2.8 6.0 4.0

V 3 3 6 5.2 3.4 0 2 4.3 1.9 5.9 3.4 5.2 2.6 3.3 5.8 5.6 3.1 4.8 2.8 4.9 2.8

M 3 3 5 3.9 2.5 0.4 2 2.1 1.9 5.6 3.7 2.2 3.3 2.0 3.9 6.1 3.1 5.2 2.8 4.9 3.1

P 3 3 5 3.7 2.1 0.2 2 4.3 1.9 5.6 2.7 2.2 1.3 2.0 3.9 7.1 6.3 6.0 5.6 4.1 3.7

Not needed D 1.3 3.6 0.3 2.6 1.0 2.0 2 7.4 3.7 0 1.0 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.9 1.0 4.2 1.2 2.8 0.9 1.4

V 1.3 3.6 0 1.9 1.3 1.7 2 6.4 3.7 0 0.7 2.2 2.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 4.2 1.2 2.8 0.8 1.4

M 1.3 5.1 0 2.5 1.5 1.7 2 7.4 3.7 0 1.7 2.6 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.6 5.2 1.2 2.8 0.8 1.7

P 1.3 2.1 0 1.6 0.6 1.2 0 2.1 0.9 0.2 0.7 2.6 0.7 1.6 0 0 2.1 0.8 1.9 0 0.6

Lack D 7 5.1 8 1.6 2.4 1.2 2 3.2 1.9 4.2 1.4 3.5 1.3 0.8 3.9 3.1 6.3 5.6 9.4 4.1 8.8

Information V 6 5.1 8 1.4 2.2 0.5 2 3.2 1.9 4.2 1.0 3.9 0.7 0.8 2.9 3.1 6.3 5.6 9.4 4.1 8.2

M 7 5.1 8 1.4 3.0 0.5 2 3.2 1.9 4.5 1.4 5.3 0.7 0.8 2.9 3.1 6.3 5.6 9.4 4.3 8.2

P 7 5.1 7 1.4 1.9 0.5 2 3.2 1.9 4.5 1.0 4.4 0.7 0.8 1.9 3.1 6.3 5.2 9.4 4.5 8.5

Needed D 2.9 6.2 2.4 11.5 4.1 1.5 4 8.5 5.6 2.8 13.9 11.3 4.6 2.9 2.9 2.6 1.1 2.4 0.9 2.3 0.6

V 4.2 8.2 2.7 11.8 4.6 1.2 4 9.6 5.6 3.1 16.3 10.0 7.1 3.6 5.8 2.6 1.1 3.2 0.9 2.3 0.9

M 2.3 6.7 2.4 10.0 3.6 1.0 4 7.4 5.6 2.8 9.2 10.1 4.6 2.8 3.9 2.6 1.1 2.8 0.9 2.1 0.9

P 9.5 17.0 5.0 15.0 7.2 1.7 10 21.3 16.7 5.6 18.2 8.7 11.7 9.8 15.5 7.1 2.1 4.8 3.8 3.2 2.0

Increase food D 0.7 0 0 4.1 0.7 0.2 0 0 0 0 6.8 0 2.6 2.4 0 2.0 0 2.4 0 0 0

V 0.7 0.3 0 3.9 0.6 0.5 0 0 0 0 5.4 1.3 1.4 2.8 1.0 2.0 0 2.0 0 0 0

M 0 0 0.3 2.7 0.7 0.5 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 2.6 1.6 0 2.0 0 2.4 0 0 0

Better P 1.8 0 0 1.9 0.6 0.2 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 1.3 0.8 0 3.1 0 2.4 0 0 0.3

Already done D 3 4.1 1.5 2.7 2.5 0.7 0 0 3.7 1.4 0.3 2.2 2.0 4.5 0 5.1 3.1 6.4 2.8 1.5 1.1

V 4 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 0.7 0 4.3 1.9 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.3 2.0 1.0 4.6 3.1 6.8 2.8 1.3 1.4

M 1.3 2.1 1.5 1.6 1.8 0.4 0 0 1.9 1.2 0.7 0.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 4.6 2.1 6.4 2.8 1.3 2.0

P 3 4.1 5 1.8 4.0 1.0 0 7.4 1.9 5.2 1.4 2.2 2.0 2.8 1.0 4.6 5.2 6.8 5.7 2.1 1.1

Table 9: Acceptance of gene therapy for specific cases in International Bioethics Survey

Q28. How do you feel about scientists changing the genetic makeup of human cells to:

++ Strongly Approve + Somewhat Approve - Somewhat Disapprove - - Strongly Disapprove DK Don't know *UK sample from 1994, see text.

Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

NZ A J In T R Is U86 US92 NZ A J In T P S HK UK* NZb NZs Ab As Jb Js

a. Cure a usually fatal disease, such as cancer

++ 58 60 42 54 78 72 58 48 57 67 63 41 62 86 67 70 54 61 63 60 65 65 37 29

+ 30 29 41 31 18 11 30 35 30 26 33 47 27 13 26 28 44 35 27 35 27 22 45 45

- 4 5 3 5 1 2 10 7 5 1 1 3 2 0 5 0.4 2 1 2 2 4 4 6 7

-- 4 3 2 4 1 7 0 7 7 1 1 0.2 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 3 4

DK 4 2 12 6 2 8 2 2 1 5 2 9 7 1 1 0.4 0 3 2 1 4 8 9 15

b. Reduce the risk of developing a fatal disease later in life

++ 42 47 35 48 50 46 50 39 41 45 46 31 53 46 49 56 47 46 53 42 49 49 27 19

+ 36 34 40 35 32 33 34 38 37 37 41 50 32 40 39 38 39 45 31 44 38 27 45 46

- 9 6 5 6 12 6 14 12 11 7 7 7 5 11 7 2 9 3 5 5 8 15 12 11

-- 6 5 1 4 3 7 0 9 8 3 2 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 8 4 2 3 4 4

DK 7 8 19 7 3 8 2 2 3 8 4 12 8 1 3 2 5 6 3 5 3 6 13 20

c. Prevent children from inheriting a usually fatal disease

++ 59 63 37 63 75 68 52 51 52 62 58 33 68 86 57 61 57 54 62 53 58 56 24 22

+ 26 24 43 24 21 17 30 33 32 25 31 48 20 12 34 34 30 41 23 42 29 23 44 44

- 5 5 3 6 2 5 16 8 6 3 4 5 2 1 7 1 8 2 4 0 5 11 12 10

-- 5 2 1 2 1 5 0 7 7 2 3 0.5 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 3 2 1 5 4

DK 5 6 16 5 1 5 2 1 3 8 4 13 8 0.4 1 3 4 3 4 2 6 9 15 20

d. Prevent children from inheriting a non-fatal disease, such as diabetesdiabetes

++ 43 50 25 42 63 45 40 41 28 32 29 18 38 59 39 43 37 27 56 42 49 47 16 14

+ 34 29 37 31 28 26 30 36 38 44 43 43 35 34 43 44 48 40 29 45 34 30 35 31

- 11 8 15 10 6 10 20 12 18 8 14 14 13 4 11 8 9 19 5 6 6 8 22 23

-- 7 5 2 8 2 11 4 9 14 7 4 3 5 3 5 2 2 2 7 4 5 8 7 6

DK 5 8 21 9 1 8 6 2 3 9 10 22 9 0.4 2 3 4 12 3 3 6 7 20 26

e. Improve the physical characteristics that children would inherit

++ 10 15 12 36 54 16 10 16 16 2 4 3 36 52 16 14 11 2 6 4 2 7 3 3

+ 14 13 16 27 29 20 12 28 27 11 12 8 31 35 27 30 26 3 10 10 8 12 6 11

- 17 19 35 11 11 12 34 22 21 14 31 47 13 7 29 34 31 28 19 17 18 16 43 39

-- 47 44 16 15 3 38 42 31 33 67 50 25 14 3 25 17 14 61 59 60 66 58 34 29

DK 12 9 21 11 3 14 2 3 3 6 3 17 6 3 3 5 18 6 6 9 6 7 14 18

f. Improve the intelligence level that children would inherit

++ 11 15 13 41 48 18 6 18 17 2 1 3 40 58 18 15 13 2 7 4 3 6 2 4

+ 13 12 13 29 26 17 16 26 25 8 13 7 28 22 31 26 23 6 7 13 9 12 6 8

- 21 21 35 10 16 11 32 22 20 14 26 45 12 12 26 31 33 23 17 15 16 18 40 40

-- 46 41 19 13 6 38 38 31 35 69 53 28 11 5 21 23 20 65 58 60 65 54 39 30

DK 9 11 20 7 4 16 8 2 3 7 7 17 9 3 4 5 11 4 11 8 7 10 13 18

g. Make people more ethical

++ 14 18 14 31 68 19 10 - - 3 3 3 24 65 37 17 8 2 - - - - - -

+ 13 16 10 25 18 12 22 - - 11 13 5 28 17 21 25 63 7 - - - - - -

- 12 10 32 12 11 7 24 - - 10 23 38 12 9 19 27 34 28 - - - - - -

-- 43 34 21 16 6 44 32 - - 62 41 36 16 6 15 16 14 44 - - - - - -

DK 18 22 23 16 7 18 12 - - 14 20 18 20 3 8 15 23 19 - - - - - -

h. As an AIDS vaccine

++ 49 52 33 49 75 74 48 - - 53 53 27 54 75 62 63 43 56 - - - - - -

+ 24 28 36 22 17 11 28 - - 18 26 40 17 20 25 20 31 31 - - - - - -

- 6 8 4 6 3 2 18 - - 6 11 6 5 2 5 5 9 3 - - - - - -

-- 7 4 0.3 8 2 6 2 - - 6 2 3 9 1 5 3 6 0 - - - - - -

DK 14 8 27 15 3 7 4 - - 17 8 24 15 2 3 9 11 10 - - - - - -

Table 10: Approval of environmental release of GMOs

Q31. If there was no direct risk to humans and only very remote risks to the environment, would you approve or disapprove of the environmental use of genetically engineered organisms designed to produce...? Yes- Approve No- Disapprove DK Don't know

Public Medical or biology students High school teachers

% NZ A J J91 In T R Is US86 NZ A J I T P S HK NZb NZs Ab As Jb Js

Tomatoes with better taste

Yes 49 54 69 - 73 83 35 40 - 54 53 71 77 88 68 74 58 67 51 60 47 67 55

No 35 35 20 - 20 10 45 44 - 21 36 15 17 5 27 17 32 22 35 25 40 21 29

DK 16 11 11 - 7 7 20 16 - 15 11 14 6 7 5 9 10 11 14 15 13 12 16

Healthier meat (e.g. less fat)

Yes 54 60 57 - 66 84 35 44 - 74 71 65 68 88 75 72 62 72 63 71 57 60 47

No 30 31 26 - 22 9 43 42 - 20 23 18 18 4 21 17 27 18 31 18 32 24 33

DK 16 9 17 - 12 7 21 14 - 6 6 17 14 8 4 11 11 10 6 11 11 16 20

Larger sport fish

Yes 22 19 22 19 48 58 13 20 53 28 23 24 50 64 54 44 42 26 16 22 22 19 16

No 61 65 54 50 27 25 61 58 43 63 65 52 31 20 40 39 37 59 68 64 67 64 67

DK 17 16 24 31 25 17 26 22 4 9 12 24 19 16 6 17 21 15 16 14 11 17 17

Bacteria to clean up oil spills

Yes 75 82 71 75 74 87 63 70 73 92 89 76 74 85 78 86 70 85 82 91 84 77 63

No 11 11 13 7 14 5 20 12 23 1 4 10 13 6 19 6 23 7 11 3 8 12 15

DK 14 8 16 18 12 8 17 18 4 7 7 14 13 9 3 8 7 8 7 6 8 11 22

Disease resistant crops

Yes 70 78 66 75 78 91 54 50 73 81 81 67 81 91 82 83 72 85 70 83 70 71 55

No 16 13 17 6 13 4 25 28 23 7 13 13 11 5 15 8 14 10 20 7 18 15 22

DK 14 9 17 19 9 5 21 22 4 12 6 20 8 4 3 9 14 5 10 10 12 14 23

Cows which produce more milk

Yes 36 39 44 - 75 84 23 38 - 55 44 49 72 86 70 57 54 59 49 57 43 56 38

No 45 42 32 - 19 7 38 40 - 31 35 29 19 5 26 25 34 28 37 25 39 26 35

DK 19 19 24 - 6 9 39 20 - 14 21 22 9 9 4 18 12 13 14 18 18 18 27

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Occupation (%'s)	NZ	A	J	In	T	R	Is
Housewife	11.8	8.4	16.0	4.4	1.3	0	0
Retired	23.4	20.1	8.8	0.4	0	0	2
Farmer	4.3	4.2	1.1	1.9	0.3	0	0
Teacher	7.6	5.8	6.4	18.6	10.6	12.3	12
Government	0.9	1.1	14.9	1.1	60.2	1.9	0
Company	7.0	8.5	21.3	4.6	8.1	1.9	2
University / Research	1.5	5.3	1.8	24.2	17.4	29.2	6
Unistudent	8.5	8.5	11.1	0	0	7.6	30
HSstudent	1.8	3.2	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.4	8
Administrator	4.6	9.0	0.3	5.2	0.2	2.6	2
Self-employed	3.6	3.7	4.1	1.3	0.4	2.6	4
Arts	2.1	2.1	0	0.6	0	2.8	2
Counselor	2.1	1.6	0	4.8	0.2	0.2	0
Engineer	3.6	4.2	1.5	5.7	0.2	17.5	2
Medical	7.6	9.0	1.8	7.0	0	5.2	28
Unemployed	0.6	2.1	0	2.8	0.2	0	0
Other	3.3	3.2	9.0	1.5	0.6	0.8	0
Not stated	5.2	10.0	3.7	15.7	0.3	14.9	2

	Public								Medical/Biology students								High School Teachers
	NZ	A	J	J91	In	T	R	Is	NZ	A	J	In	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
N	329	201	352	551	568	689	446	50	96	110	435	325	232	164	250	104	206	96	251	114	560	383
%1	22	13	23	26	-	36	43	low	60	70	66	-	50	70	80	52	61	28	47	21	37	26
Time2	3/93	3/93	3/93	7/91	7/93	9/93	4/93	11/93	3/93	3/93	6/93	7/93	9/93	8/93	10/93	12/93	8/93	8/93	8/93	8/93	7/93	7/93
Male	41	45	52	53	61	48	36	38	41	50	67	53	42	46	23	45	64	62	48	63	88	92
Female	59	55	48	47	39	52	64	62	59	50	33	47	58	54	77	55	36	38	52	37	12	8
Rural3	23	29	27	-	22	54	-	20	15	11	51	15	42	13	4	12	69	27	25	21	37	34
Urban	77	71	73	-	78	46	90+	80	85	89	49	85	58	87	96	88	31	73	75	79	63	66
Age (years)
Mean	47.4	45.2	41.7	39.8	30.6	37.2	36.3	33.4	20.8	18.1	21.1	21.8	21.3	21.1	19.3	21.0	40.8	42.5	41.8	42.0	40.7	40.0
<20	5	5	3	4	5	0.5	9	11	38	92	29	22	20	3	69	10	7	4	9	5	0	0
<30	18	19	21	24	55	18	28	37	60	8	70	77	80	97	31	90	33	35	29	29	17	15
<40	15	20	26	23	22	43	28	14	1	0	1	1	0.5	0	0	0	47	40	40	46	34	34
<50	14	15	19	25	13	31	17	23	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	13	20	21	19	25	32
<60	15	12	14	12	4	7	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	21	17
61+	33	29	17	12	1	0.2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Marital status
single	25	26	29	29	53	38	33	34	95	98	99	97	99	99	99	100	9	6	13	16	22	24
Married	59	62	66	66	45	59	54	62	3	0	1	2	0.4	1	0.4	0	83	86	79	70	77	75
Div/wid.	13	9	5	4	0.2	3	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.4	0	6	6	5	10	1	1
Other	3	3	0.3	1	2	0.3	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0.4	0	2	2	3	4	0	0.6
Children
No child	33	39	40	35	55	22	41	48	97	100	100	98	96	100	99	100	22	15	24	24	30	28
Pregnant	1.4	1	1	2	3	2	0.5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.4	0	3	1	1	1	1	1
One	8	6	9	14	16	24	29	6	1	0	0	0.4	2	0	1	0	8	8	12	13	15	13
Two	26	25	36	32	19	39	24	21	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	39	38	31	27	36	40
>2 child	31	29	14	17	7	13	5	21	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	28	38	32	35	18	18
Education
High school	43	36	37	37	4	2	13	16	29	94	54	7	4	0	23	71	1	0	1	1	0	0
2 year college	18	15	19	22	6	3	18	20	48	4	6	13	18	0	77	3	1	2	0.4	1	0.2	1
graduate	25	28	31	31	31	35	37	39	20	2	38	27	60	50	0	6	64	58	59	57	78	82
postgrad.	9	16	10	7	52	59	28	25	3	0	0	51	13	47	0	8	30	37	39	41	21	17
other	5	5	3	3	7	1	4	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	4	4	3	0.4	0	0.8	0.3

How important is religion?
Very	27	23	10	-	40	46	10	38	28	19	5	36	54	89	32	21	20	17	42	47	7	10
Some	26	27	33	-	27	44	38	16	20	41	16	24	38	11	41	40	17	29	23	26	25	37
Not too	27	24	40	-	15	8	28	34	18	20	34	18	7	0	22	26	33	32	19	10	45	36
Not at all	20	26	17	-	18	2	24	12	34	20	45	22	0.4	0	5	13	30	22	16	17	23	17
Religion
None	25	25	39	-	2	0.2	20	0	45	32	68	3	0.4	0	25	60	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christian	70	71	8	-	34	0.4	57	0	49	41	5	24	1.7	99	24	40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moslem	0	0	0	-	4	0.6	6	2	1	4	0	7	0.4	0	11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buddhist	0.3	1	47	-	0.4	99	2	0	2	6	24	0	97	1	36	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hindu	0	0	0	-	59	0	0	Jew:	0	2	0	65	0.4	0	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	5	4	6	-	1	0.3	1	98	3	15	3	2	0.4	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Race
Caucasian	92	91	0	-	0.2	0	-	43	79	61	0	0	0	2	1	0	94	93	95	98	-	-
Asian	1	2	100	-	5	92	-	23	11	23	100	4	79	98	95	99	0.5	0	3	1	-	-
African	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	4	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0.4	1	0	1	0	0	-	-
Indian	0.3	0	0	-	94	0	-	0	1	7	0	95	0	0	1	0	Maori	Maori	1	0	-	-
Arabic	0	1	0	-	0.6	0	-	4	0	0	0	0.6	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	-	-
Other	7	6	0	-	0.4	8	-	26	9	9	0	0	21	0	3	0	5	4	1	0	-	-
Income4
<20000	32	18	37	31	21	28	24	56	25	14	36	24	41	52	59	69	0	0	1	3	27	27
<35000	29	28	34	33	22	42	25	35	10	19	17	27	32	24	23	24	9	3	9	4	47	47
<50000	20	24	15	18	23	21	24	7	17	21	14	25	16	12	10	2	47	52	49	64	19	18
50000+	19	30	14	18	34	9	27	2	48	46	33	24	11	12	8	5	44	45	41	29	7	8

	Public								Medical or biology students								High School Teachers
	NZ	A	J	J91	In	T	R	Is	NZ	A	J	In	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
a. Science makes an important contribution to the quality of life.
++	45	46	34	26	47	59	20	39	47	51	35	35	59	58	51	36	85	56	71	58	26	19
+	50	48	56	55	29	40	58	35	48	46	57	24	40	42	46	62	14	37	27	36	57	60
=	3	4	8	14	3	1	13	10	5	1	6	1	1	0	3	0	0.5	5	1	4	15	19
-	0.3	2	2	2	12	0.4	7	10	0	2	2	21	0.3	0	0	1	0	2	0.4	1	2	1
--	0	0	0.3	3	9	0	2	6	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
b. Most problems can be solved by applying more and better technology.
++	14	11	12	-	23	8	20	6	4	5	7	19	9	21	16	11	13	4	7	7	6	3
+	38	44	34	-	41	39	50	32	33	34	33	33	41	53	59	53	33	28	24	17	26	26
=	21	22	33	-	10	14	11	26	27	27	38	11	16	14	16	30	26	30	30	19	50	47
-	24	20	17	-	20	37	16	24	30	31	19	28	31	11	9	6	23	26	29	43	16	21
--	3	3	4	-	6	2	3	12	6	3	3	9	3	1	0.4	0	5	12	10	15	2	3
c. The natural environment has a valuable property that humans should not tamper with.
++	42	38	65	-	59	23	37	31	36	32	61	66	16	80	59	29	28	32	23	30	59	61
+	38	35	31	-	30	33	49	31	43	37	33	26	35	17	32	51	34	52	37	41	33	29
=	11	18	3	-	5	11	8	24	14	19	5	5	7	2	8	17	27	9	20	13	6	9
-	8	7	1	-	5	32	5	12	6	11	1	2	39	1	1	3	9	5	18	13	1	1
--	1	2	0	-	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0.5	3	0	0.4	0	2	2	2	3	0.5	0.3
d. Genetically modified plants and animals will help agriculture become less dependent on chemical pesticides.
++	16	18	11	9	19	18	10	12	12	11	7	16	13	21	17	11	25	7	23	14	8	3
+	48	47	31	39	37	51	34	35	52	61	42	34	52	49	55	50	59	46	55	46	37	23
=	22	25	45	45	5	15	37	33	26	19	43	11	17	20	23	32	10	35	16	26	44	58
-	12	9	10	6	12	13	14	16	8	9	7	27	15	9	5	7	6	11	6	11	9	12
--	2	1	3	1	8	3	5	4	2	0	1	12	3	1	0.4	0	0	1	0.4	3	2	4

e. Students should be informed about the social issues associated with science and technology so that they can participate in contemporary debates.
++	44	48	51	47	38	44	33	36	39	37	33	32	45	62	30	13	71	70	76	74	45	44
+	50	46	39	40	37	46	52	36	47	50	52	23	51	36	49	56	27	29	22	25	48	52
=	5	5	9	9	5	10	13	12	13	12	12	7	3	1	19	27	2	0	2	1	7	4
-	1	1	1	1	12	0.4	1	8	1	0	3	22	1	0	1	3	0.5	1	0	0	0.2	0.3
--	0	0	0	2	8	0	1	8	0	1	0	16	0.4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
f. A woman can abort a 4 month old fetus.
++	9	14	6	-	5	3	14	14	11	5	9	6	3	1	1	0	10	10	8	9	3	2
+	29	24	23	-	12	14	29	27	21	26	29	5	10	3	7	13	20	24	12	9	19	19
=	17	23	33	-	12	17	26	29	19	26	38	11	19	1	23	25	23	27	24	25	46	45
-	23	22	29	-	30	39	20	10	23	23	20	31	50	7	27	37	25	20	24	22	25	27
--	22	17	9	-	41	27	11	20	26	20	4	47	38	88	42	25	22	19	32	35	7	7
g. A woman can abort a 4 month old fetus that has congenital abnormalities.
++	27	32	6	-	29	35	43	31	10	8	17	26	25	1	14	18	24	25	22	17	10	4
+	42	40	45	-	38	44	44	25	33	49	45	40	46	7	38	53	41	31	25	28	39	41
=	13	14	28	-	13	9	10	20	17	23	31	13	12	11	27	16	20	28	21	26	40	42
-	8	7	10	-	12	8	1	14	15	12	6	8	11	24	10	10	7	6	14	7	8	9
--	10	7	2	-	8	4	2	10	15	8	1	13	6	57	11	3	8	10	18	22	3	4
h. A married couple can use a surrogate mother and in vitro fertilisation if they cannot get pregnant themselves.
++	13	21	6	-	15	18	24	20	11	12	7	16	21	2	8	4	11	11	14	17	4	2
+	42	38	21	-	30	55	53	29	44	50	32	28	55	13	37	32	43	35	24	25	18	16
=	17	12	35	-	16	18	15	23	27	24	37	12	17	15	20	35	24	26	22	20	40	44
-	17	20	23	-	23	7	5	14	11	14	18	28	5	37	15	23	15	22	20	21	28	28
--	11	9	15	-	16	2	3	14	7	0	6	16	2	33	20	6	7	6	20	17	10	10
i. Animals have rights that people should not violate.
++	29	24	48	-	30	32	50	28	10	18	35	26	48	36	36	16	19	14	15	25	27	25
+	43	45	39	-	38	50	44	28	42	44	42	26	42	51	42	50	50	47	38	38	45	50
=	16	22	10	-	10	11	4	22	32	25	19	12	6	10	16	30	19	26	27	23	22	21
-	10	7	2	-	16	6	1	20	15	13	3	22	3	2	5	4	10	10	16	12	5	4
--	2	2	1	-	6	1	1	2	1	0	0.5	13	1	1	1	0	2	3	4	2	1	0.3

IVF	Public							Medical or biology students								High school teachers
	NZ	A	J	In	T	R	Is	NZs	As	Js	In	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
Q6. Do you personally believe IVF is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...
Yes	63	65	47	57	79	70	84	71	70	63	62	84	45	70	64	85	77	80	79	80	66
No	22	22	23	17	15	14	6	15	12	12	15	11	45	9	13	10	8	11	11	9	14
Don't know	15	13	30	26	6	16	10	14	18	25	23	5	10	21	23	5	15	9	10	11	20
N	325	196	334	531	682	456	50	95	108	423	313	232	156	249	104	204	95	250	114	556	378
Not stated	28.0	25.0	45.8	45.6	24.2	63.9	70	28.4	24.1	39.7	43.8	13.8	35.9	57.0	53.9	19.1	31.6	22.4	31.6	41.7	55.8
Science	4.0	9.2	4.5	2.3	4.8	6.1	4	2.1	2.8	4.7	1.3	4.3	3.2	0	1.0	9.3	8.4	11.2	9.7	15.1	9.0
Cure disease	37.2	34.7	15.6	21.7	46.8	5.8	14	41.1	49.1	24.1	32.3	67.2	18.0	27.3	28.9	35.6	29.5	28.4	24.6	16.4	4.5
Humanity	2.8	2.0	6.3	6.6	6.0	8.9	0	2.1	2.8	10.9	3.8	2.6	8.9	3.6	6.7	10.7	9.5	7.6	7.9	3.2	1.6
Inc.efficiency	0.3	0	0	2.5	0.9	0	0	1.1	0	0	2.9	0	0	0.8	1.0	0.5	1.1	0	0.9	0.2	1.6
Help if careful	2.5	4.0	2.7	1.5	2.4	3.0	10	7.4	0.9	1.7	0.6	1.7	3.9	2.4	0	8.3	5.3	10.4	14.9	9.2	0
Agriculture	1.5	0.5	1.2	4.7	1.0	1.3	0	1.1	1.9	1.0	3.8	0.8	0.6	0	0	6.4	3.2	2.4	0	3.1	12.4
Misuse	3.7	1.0	4.5	0.2	0.4	0	0	3.2	0	1.9	0	0.9	0.6	1.2	0	0	1.1	1.6	1.8	3.1	1.6
Playing God	11.1	6.6	10.2	3.8	4.6	3.9	0	4.2	3.7	4.7	1.3	3.0	18.6	3.6	5.8	2.0	4.2	3.2	4.4	3.6	6.1
Bad health	1.2	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.7	0	0	0.9	0.7	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	2.1
Social change	0.9	0	2.7	1.3	2.0	1.7	0	0	0	2.1	0	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.5	0	0.8	0	0.2	0
Don't need	5.8	13.8	3.6	5.3	3.7	1.3	2	9.5	13.8	4.0	6.1	1.7	5.8	3.2	1.0	6.9	3.2	8.8	2.6	1.3	1.1
Unknown	0.9	2.6	2.4	3.8	1.6	3.5	0	0	0	4.5	3.8	1.3	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.4	0.9	0.4	2.7
Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of IVF? How much? Why?...
No worries	28	30	13	42	43	28	49	27	35	19	45	30	12	36	24	25	29	16	17	12	12
A few	29	26	45	27	32	23	26	31	29	51	27	50	29	29	26	39	30	25	22	50	42
Some	24	20	28	17	19	31	19	27	28	21	16	15	27	27	40	24	29	35	36	26	29
A lot	19	24	14	14	6	18	6	15	8	9	12	5	31	8	10	12	13	24	25	12	17
N	306	198	326	501	679	456	48	95	105	423	308	230	155	247	104	204	94	247	113	554	381
Not Stated	36.0	34.3	50.9	53.5	39.3	74.5	70.8	34.7	42.9	50.6	55.5	25.2	52.9	67.1	56.7	30.4	53.2	29.6	35.4	48.7	54.9
Don't know	0.7	1.0	2.2	4.6	2.4	1.9	4.2	0	1.0	1.4	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.0	1.9	0	0	0	0.9	1.1	1.8
Interfere Nature	10.5	9.1	8.9	4.4	4.4	2.8	2.1	6.3	9.5	6.8	2.9	2.6	10.3	2.0	4.8	2.0	5.3	4.1	1.8	3.6	7.4
Fear/feeling	4.2	1.0	5.5	2.0	4.3	6.9	0	0	1.0	2.9	1.0	4.4	4.5	0.4	0	2.5	2.1	2.0	1.8	2.2	0.8
Ethical	8.5	10.1	8.0	5.0	5.9	3.5	4.2	16.8	8.6	17.4	7.5	3.5	9.0	3.6	14.4	20.1	11.7	19.0	20.4	17.2	10.2
Social effect bad	3.9	3.0	6.4	10.2	6.5	0.9	2.1	3.2	8.6	3.3	5.2	15.7	4.5	2.8	6.7	4.4	3.2	4.1	4.4	7.2	5.0
Insuff. control	4.6	4.0	1.2	0.4	1.2	1.1	0	1.1	0	0.7	0	3.0	1.3	0	3.9	2.9	1.1	4.9	4.4	5.6	9.2
Bad health	2.3	2.0	3.4	3.6	4.4	1.9	0	2.1	1.9	3.3	7.5	10.4	1.9	3.2	1.9	0	2.1	0.8	0.9	5.0	3.1
Ecology	1.0	2.5	0	2.4	0.3	0.7	0	6.3	12.4	0	1.3	0.4	1.9	1.2	1.9	1.5	1.1	1.2	0	2.2	1.6
Waste	3.3	10.1	0.6	1.8	1.0	0.2	0	1.1	2.9	0.5	2.6	1.7	3.2	0	1.0	6.9	1.1	9.7	9.7	0.4	0
Human misuse	13.4	9.1	10.7	4.2	3.7	3.7	12.5	12.6	1.9	10.6	2.3	1.7	4.5	5.3	3.9	14.7	9.6	14.6	14.2	4.3	4.5
Eugenics	3.6	4.6	0.3	0.6	5.5	0.2	0	8.4	1.9	0	0.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	0	4.9	3.2	6.5	3.5	1.4	0.3
Can control	8.2	9.1	1.8	7.4	21.2	1.7	4.2	7.4	7.6	2.6	10.4	23.5	3.2	11.3	2.9	9.8	6.4	3.6	2.7	1.1	1.3

Computers	Public							Medical or biology students								High school teachers
	NZ	A	J	In	T	R	Is	NZs	As	Js	In	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
Q6. Do you personally believe computers is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...
Yes	85	90	85	91	98	92	86	92	88	87	90	98	95	90	92	95	98	93	90	93	92
No	6	5	3	2	1	2	10	5	5	3	4	1	3	3	3	0.5	0	1	2	2	2
Don't know	9	5	12	7	1	6	4	3	7	10	6	1	2	7	5	4	2	6	8	5	6
N	324	196	332	420	685	456	50	95	109	424	186	232	158	249	105	204	93	250	114	556	379
Not stated	33.6	30.6	47.3	34.5	25.0	69.1	74	29.5	26.6	45.8	28.5	11.2	32.9	55.4	44.8	22.0	36.2	28.4	37.7	48.6	54.4
Economy	3.7	4.1	0.9	1.2	0.7	5.6	2	1.1	1.8	0.9	3.8	0.4	2.5	4.0	1.0	2.4	0	1.6	1.8	0.5	0.3
Science	11.4	13.8	6.9	7.9	12.3	5.8	4	19.0	12.8	7.8	13.4	16.0	9.5	5.2	6.7	23.9	18.1	20.8	9.7	13.1	9.0
Humanity	12.4	11.2	31.0	17.2	7.5	10.2	0	17.9	7.3	35.1	20.4	5.6	20.9	10.0	10.5	19.6	22.3	14.4	14.9	4.9	2.2
Inc.efficiency	25.9	30.6	5.1	35.5	49.3	6.1	12	25.3	44.0	5.9	30.7	60.8	29.1	22.1	37.1	23.9	14.9	19.6	16.7	17.1	6.7
Good Envir.	1.2	0.5	0	0	0.2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	0.2	0.3
Helpifcareful	3.4	3.1	2.4	1.9	2.8	0.2	8	0	0.9	0.5	0.5	3.5	1.9	1.2	0	8.8	5.3	10.4	14.0	13.3	21.9
Insuff. control	0.6	2.0	2.4	0.2	0.6	0.4	0	0	2.8	1.0	0	0.4	0	0.8	0	0	0	0.8	3.5	0.9	2.6
Playing God	0.6	0	0.9	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0.5
Unknown	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.7	0	1.5	0	0	0	0.7	0	0.4	0	0.4	0	0.5	0	0.8	0	0	1.1
Don't need	1.5	0.5	1.5	0.2	0.3	0	0	4.2	0.9	1.9	0	0	0.6	0.8	0	0	0	0.8	0	1.0	0.9
Social change	5.3	3.1	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.9	0	3.2	2.8	0.5	2.2	1.3	1.9	0	0	0.5	1.0	0.8	0	0.4	0
Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of computers? How much? Why?...
No worries	46	51	57	55	64	61	46	58	44	63	57	63	45	60	44	53	53	47	39	57	52
A few	28	22	34	22	27	18	31	21	28	32	21	25	27	23	29	31	24	27	32	32	34
Some	19	15	7	16	7	14	15	18	19	5	16	9	18	10	22	14	20	20	21	7	9
A lot	7	12	2	7	2	7	8	3	9	1	6	3	10	7	5	2	3	6	8	4	5
N	321	197	322	407	682	456	48	95	108	425	182	229	155	247	104	204	94	247	114	553	380
Not Stated	43.5	46.2	63.0	51.4	45.3	80.8	81.3	45.3	41.7	65.9	47.3	28.0	57.4	70.0	64.4	45.6	56.4	45.3	49.1	68.9	68.4
Don't know	1.0	0.5	0.9	1.5	1.3	0.7	0	0	0	1.9	0	1.3	0	1.6	0	0.5	0	0.4	0.9	0.5	0.8
Interfere Nature	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.5	0	0	0	0.2	1.1	0	0.7	0	0	0	1.1	0.8	0	0.4	1.6
Fear/feeling	1.6	0.5	2.8	1.5	2.9	3.2	0	0	0	1.7	2.2	1.3	1.9	0.4	0	1.5	4.3	1.6	1.8	2.2	0.5
Ethical	8.8	7.1	1.2	0	0.9	0.7	0	4.2	1.9	0.2	1.1	0.4	1.3	0	0	12.3	6.4	10.9	12.3	2.4	4.0
Social effect bad	19.9	20.3	6.5	1.9	7.6	0.7	8.3	25.3	37.0	4.5	24.7	16.6	18.1	8.5	21.2	14.7	13.8	15.8	19.3	11.0	9.7
Insuff. control	1.3	1.0	4.7	0.3	1.5	1.5	0	0	1.9	9.1	0.6	1.3	0	0	0	0	1.1	1.2	1.8	5.1	6.7
Bad health	1.0	0	0.9	0.5	3.2	2.4	0	1.1	0	0.2	0.6	3.5	0.7	0.4	1.9	0.5	1.1	0.4	0	0.2	0.3
Dangerous	0.3	0.5	0.9	0	1.0	0.7	0	0	1.9	0	0	2.2	1.9	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0
Ecology	0.3	0.5	0	0	0.2	0.4	0	0	1.9	0.2	0	0.4	0	0.8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.8
Waste	0.3	0	0.3	1.0	0	0.4	0	1.1	0	0.5	1.7	0	0	0.4	0	1.0	0	0.4	0	0.5	0
Human misuse	8.8	6.6	8.1	3.2	6.0	2.6	8.3	6.3	0.9	6.1	1.7	3.1	4.5	4.1	2.9	10.8	7.5	11.3	8.8	2.9	2.6
Can control	12.3	16.2	9.9	18.2	29.3	4.5	2.1	16.8	12.9	9.4	19.2	41.9	13.6	13.4	8.7	13.2	8.5	11.7	6.1	5.1	4.5

Biotech	Public							Medical or biology students								High school teachers
	NZ	A	J	In	T	R	Is	NZs	As	Js	In	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
Q6. Do you personally believe biotechnology is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...
Yes	46	59	74	75	90	73	72	56	47	78	77	85	71	90	65	94	62	93	73	95	87
No	5	3	7	5	1	4	10	4	0	3	6	2	4	3	6	0	3	0.4	0	2	5
Don't know	47	38	19	20	9	22	18	40	53	19	17	13	25	7	29	6	35	7	27	3	8
N	315	196	332	526	680	456	50	94	105	423	309	232	157	218	105	203	94	249	110	556	381
Not stated	52.7	49.5	53.0	46.8	37.4	74.5	80	60.6	58.1	51.8	41.1	31.0	50.3	63.9	66.7	27.3	58.5	32.1	45.5	46.6	57.7
Economy	0.6	0	0.3	1.9	3.5	3.9	0	0	0	1.2	2.6	2.2	1.3	2.8	1.9	4.9	0	2.0	0.9	0	0
Science	6.0	10.2	7.8	9.1	14.7	5.6	4	6.4	2.9	7.6	9.1	22.4	5.1	3.2	1.9	10.7	10.6	14.5	8.2	15.5	9.5
Cure disease	1.6	6.1	1.2	2.7	0.7	0	0	3.2	5.7	1.9	4.0	0.4	2.6	3.6	1.0	3.4	2.1	7.2	2.7	1.8	1.3
Humanity	10.2	9.5	14.8	19.0	11.6	6.9	6	2.1	7.6	15.8	19.7	9.5	17.8	13.3	12.4	26.3	12.8	16.5	12.7	4.3	0.5
Inc.efficiency	1.3	0.5	0	3.0	3.4	0.2	0	0	1.0	0	7.1	2.6	3.2	1.6	0	1.5	0	1.6	0.9	1.1	0
Good for environ	2.2	0.5	1.2	3.2	12.2	1.7	0	1.1	5.7	2.4	1.0	15.5	3.2	3.2	2.9	5.4	0	1.6	0.9	2.2	1.1
Agriculture	4.4	4.1	9.6	7.8	7.7	0.8	0	4.3	3.8	9.2	11.7	8.1	2.6	4.8	6.7	11.2	4.3	8.0	6.4	11.0	4.7
Help if careful	4.4	5.6	2.7	2.3	5.0	0.2	8	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.6	3.8	2.0	0	9.3	5.3	14.1	14.6	13.9	16.0
Dangerous	0.9	1.5	3.9	0.4	0.4	2.3	0	0	0	3.1	0.3	0.9	0.6	0.8	1.0	0	0	0	0.9	0.5	0.3
Playing God	2.2	1.5	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	0	0	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.4	2.6	0.4	0	0	2.1	0	0.9	0.4	1.3
Don't need	1.6	0.5	0.6	0	0.3	0.2	0	3.2	0	1.0	0	0	0	0.4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0.3
Unknown	11.8	9.7	1.8	2.7	1.9	3.2	2	7.5	12.4	3.8	1.6	3.0	5.8	0	3.8	0	3.2	0.4	3.6	0.4	2.1
Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of biotechnology ? How much? Why?...
No worries	33	33	37	59	61	39	35	36	54	31	56	52	35	44	32	42	31	23	29	22	22
A few	32	25	44	19	30	25	30	34	26	51	22	37	27	29	40	37	38	37	25	49	46
Some	25	25	14	15	8	26	26	25	13	15	15	8	30	18	19	17	27	31	28	21	22
A lot	10	17	5	7	1	10	9	5	7	3	7	3	8	9	9	4	4	9	18	8	10
N	280	187	381	500	674	456	48	91	95	420	307	230	154	243	104	204	93	236	102	554	383
Not Stated	41.4	41.2	53.4	58.6	49.2	81.4	77.1	51.7	57.9	62.9	60.6	36.5	64.9	71.2	74.1	50.0	63.4	41.1	6.9	58.1	63.2
Don't know	14.3	15.5	2.2	5.0	3.6	2.2	4.2	12.1	11.6	3.1	2.9	5.7	2.6	2.5	1.9	0	3.2	1.3	0	0.2	1.3
Interfere Nature	5.0	2.7	2.8	4.3	0.9	1.1	2.1	2.2	4.2	4.3	2.0	0	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.0	5.4	1.7	6.9	1.8	4.4
Fear/feeling	8.6	4.8	6.9	4.3	4.2	5.0	0	3.3	4.2	7.1	6.2	3.0	5.8	2.9	2.9	6.4	5.4	4.7	7.8	2.5	1.6
Ethical	1.1	3.2	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.7	0	2.2	3.2	0.5	0	0	1.3	0.8	1.0	2.5	3.2	4.2	0	4.3	3.4
Social effect bad	1.1	2.7	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.7	0	0	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.3	1.2	0	0	0	0.9	4.9	1.6	1.8
No control/waste	1.8	3.7	1.7	0.3	2.7	1.9	0	2.2	1.1	2.1	1.0	4.3	2.6	0.4	1.9	4.4	0	7.2	1.0	9.0	8.6
Bad health	1.1	0	0.9	1.2	1.0	0.4	0	1.1	1.1	1.7	0.7	0.9	1.3	1.2	3.9	0.5	0	0.9	1.0	0.7	1.0
Dangerous	1.8	2.7	1.9	0.6	1.6	0.9	0	2.2	3.2	0.7	2.0	1.3	1.3	0.8	0	2.5	0	0.4	2.0	1.4	0.8
Ecology	2.1	0.5	2.2	3.0	2.0	1.5	0	3.3	3.2	5.0	3.3	5.2	0	2.9	1.9	3.4	1.1	5.9	2.0	13.7	8.4
Human misuse	13.2	14.4	8.7	5.8	5.8	2.6	14.6	13.2	2.1	9.1	5.9	3.0	3.9	4.5	1.9	17.7	10.8	22.9	18.6	4.0	3.1
Eugenics	0.4	1.1	0.6	0	0.5	0.2	2.1	0	0	0	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.4	0	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.0	0.8	0
Can control	8.2	7.5	6.5	16.8	27.5	1.5	0	6.6	7.4	2.6	14.3	38.7	13.6	10.3	9.6	11.3	6.5	7.6	4.9	2.4	2.4

Nuclear	Public							Medical or biology students								High school teachers
	NZ	A	J	In	T	R	Is	NZs	As	Js	In	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
Q6. Do you personally believe nuclear power is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...
Yes	47	54	64	65	61	55	58	50	63	64	59	38	39	27	59	60	62	75	75	73	78
No	43	30	20	19	27	27	30	38	29	21	24	47	55	53	27	23	33	17	16	18	16
Don't know	10	16	16	16	12	18	12	12	8	15	17	15	6	20	14	7	5	8	9	9	6
N	324	196	334	420	683	456	50	95	108	423	183	231	158	249	105	203	95	249	114	556	382
Not stated	27.8	28.1	41.6	39.5	32.1	68.3	70.0	14.7	15.7	33.3	36.1	20.8	32.9	53.0	50.5	19.5	29.5	27.3	36.0	41.2	46.1
Science	4.9	9.7	4.5	3.3	4.4	5.2	4.0	2.1	1.9	4.7	3.3	2.6	2.5	0	1.0	9.3	6.3	8.0	8.8	11.5	8.6
Energy/efficient	9.9	11.7	11.7	31.1	20.8	5.2	0	16.8	28.7	14.4	23.0	15.6	13.9	5.2	25.7	14.6	3.2	19.1	9.7	12.4	8.9
Humanity	2.5	3.6	9.6	8.3	4.3	5.8	0	0	0	7.6	4.4	1.7	4.4	2.4	1.9	10.2	6.3	5.6	7.9	2.0	0.5
Bad for Environ.	4.9	3.1	2.1	1.0	2.6	3.9	2.0	2.1	2.8	1.7	2.2	8.7	2.5	2.8	1.0	4.9	7.4	2.4	0.9	0.9	1.6
Good for Environ	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.2	1.8	0.7	2.0	5.3	9.3	0.2	1.6	1.7	0	0.8	1.9	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	0.8
Help if careful	8.6	10.2	2.7	6.2	11.0	0.2	12.0	13.7	13.0	3.1	7.7	10.0	6.3	2.4	2.9	18.5	14.7	19.7	21.9	11.3	11.0
No control/misuse	2.2	2.0	2.7	2.4	4.7	0.7	4.0	4.2	0.9	1.7	4.4	9.1	4.4	4.8	1.9	1.5	1.1	0.8	0.9	4.5	3.4
Dangerous	29.9	26.5	18.9	10.7	14.1	7.1	6.0	35.8	25.0	24.6	9.8	23.8	29.1	25.3	12.4	12.7	22.1	10.0	11.4	10.1	13.6
Playing God	0.9	0	0.9	0	0.2	0.2	0	0	0.9	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0.5
Bad health	1.2	0	0.6	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0.2	0	0.4	1.0	1.2	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0.3
Unknown	0.9	1.0	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.7	0	1.1	0	1.2	3.8	3.9	0	0.8	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	1.1
Don't need	4.9	2.6	3.9	0.5	1.5	0.4	0	4.2	1.9	7.3	1.6	1.3	1.9	1.2	1.0	6.8	6.3	5.6	1.8	5.2	3.7
Social change	0.3	0.5	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of nuclear power? How much? Why?...
No worries	12	16	15	23	15	15	8	10	11	9	21	5	2	6	3	9	6	6	7	7	9
A few	16	16	28	19	22	10	13	11	10	27	18	12	8	12	17	16	12	20	20	21	25
Some	19	20	25	23	32	23	31	16	31	33	20	34	23	24	37	21	27	32	28	29	21
A lot	53	48	32	35	31	52	48	63	48	31	41	49	67	58	43	54	55	42	45	43	45
N	314	197	326	408	681	456	48	94	108	425	183	230	155	247	103	204	94	245	114	555	383
Not Stated	29.9	24.9	49.7	42.9	35.5	76.0	70	14.9	19.4	46.4	38.8	20.9	44.5	53.4	43.7	20.6	42.6	29.0	29.8	42.3	49.9
Don't know	0.3	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.8	0.7	0	0	0	0.7	2.7	1.3	0	2.0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0.4	0.8
Interfere Nature	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.1	0	0	0	0.9	0	0.9	1.3	0	0	0	2.1	0	0	0.2	1.0
Fear/feeling	2.6	1.0	2.8	1.5	2.9	5.4	0	1.1	0	1.2	2.7	2.2	2.6	1.2	3.9	1.5	4.3	2.0	4.4	2.3	0.8
Ethical-Social	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.5	0	0	0	0	1.6	0.4	1.4	0.4	0	0.5	1.1	0.4	5.2	2.8	1.8
Insuff. control	3.8	3.6	3.1	0.5	7.6	1.3	2.1	2.1	0.9	2.6	0	6.5	1.9	0	1.0	2.0	4.3	4.5	5.3	14.2	9.9
Bad health	3.2	2.0	1.5	2.2	0.7	1.3	0	0	2.8	1.4	2.7	1.3	3.9	2.4	5.8	1.5	1.1	0.8	0	1.3	0.3
Dangerous	26.8	38.1	27.3	30.3	18.9	7.1	6.3	48.9	51.9	35.1	22.4	35.2	32.9	21.5	30.1	29.9	13.8	26.1	22.8	23.2	23.0
Ecology	6.7	5.1	2.2	3.7	4.7	3.0	2.1	5.3	6.5	2.8	3.3	7.0	3.2	4.9	1.9	15.2	11.7	10.2	7.9	6.5	6.0
Waste	1.6	0.5	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	0	0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	1.0	2.9	4.3	2.0	1.8	2.3	1.6
Human misuse	19.4	14.2	7.1	19.1	16.9	1.5	16.7	23.4	14.8	6.8	22.4	19.1	8.4	13.8	9.7	21.1	11.7	22.9	22.8	3.2	4.2
Can control	4.1	6.6	2.5	4.9	9.4	1.1	2.1	4.3	3.7	1.4	3.3	5.2	0	0.4	2.9	4.4	3.2	2.0	0	1.1	0.8

Pesticides	Public							Medical or biology students								High school teachers
	NZ	A	J	In	T	R	Is	NZs	As	Js	In	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
Q6. Do you personally believe pesticides is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...
Yes	62	69	84	74	63	46	68	61	68	75	67	46	58	68	47	82	77	86	84	88	86
No	23	19	9	14	33	33	30	14	18	9	22	51	35	18	28	13	14	7	5	7	6
Don't know	15	12	7	12	4	21	2	25	14	16	11	3	7	14	25	5	9	7	11	5	8
N	324	197	334	528	686	456	50	95	109	422	313	232	158	249	105	201	95	251	113	551	382
Not stated	35.8	33.0	41.6	38.8	29.0	71.5	72.0	31.6	26.6	42.9	34.8	14.7	37.3	55.4	54.3	20.0	32.6	26.7	35.4	42.7	52.9
Economy	0.6	0	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	0	0	0	0.2	1.3	1.3	3.2	0	0	1.0	2.1	0.4	0	0	0
Science	4.0	9.1	5.1	1.0	2.5	4.1	2.0	3.2	0.9	4.0	1.3	0.9	1.9	0	1.9	8.8	7.4	7.2	8.9	11.1	8.4
Humanity	3.4	3.6	9.3	5.1	3.1	5.4	0	1.1	4.6	7.8	2.6	0.4	5.7	4.8	2.9	9.3	8.4	4.8	8.0	2.5	0.5
Inc.efficiency	0.3	0	0	1.0	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	1.7	0	0	1.0	0.5	0	1.2	0	0.5	0
Bad for Environ.	9.2	8.1	8.4	4.4	12.0	3.0	2.0	11.6	6.4	9.0	9.9	22.0	10.1	4.4	7.6	13.7	7.4	9.6	6.2	13.6	12.6
Help if careful	12.0	10.2	3.6	5.1	18.5	0.9	14.0	11.6	17.4	4.5	5.1	11.6	7.6	5.6	4.8	19.5	11.6	22.3	21.2	11.4	11.0
Agriculture	9.3	12.2	6.9	31.4	16.1	1.7	4.0	11.6	22.0	5.9	34.5	20.3	7.6	12.5	12.4	10.3	7.4	13.4	8.0	8.7	2.9
Misuse	0.6	0.5	3.0	0.2	3.4	1.9	0	0	0	0.5	0	5.2	0	0.8	0	0	2.1	1.2	0.9	3.1	2.6
Dangerous	12.0	16.2	10.5	6.4	8.5	5.0	6.0	14.7	7.3	10.0	2.9	11.6	16.5	8.8	2.9	7.8	11.6	7.2	7.1	3.5	3.7
Playing God	4.0	2.0	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.7	0	0	1.8	0	0	4.3	1.9	0.8	2.9	1.0	5.3	0.4	0	0.4	0.5
Bad health	5.6	3.1	5.7	1.9	1.0	1.1		6.3	4.6	8.8	3.2	2.6	5.1	4.0	4.8	2.4	3.2	1.2	0.9	0.7	1.6
Don't need	2.1	0.5	3.9	1.7	0.9	0.7	0	8.4	5.5	5.5	3.8	2.6	3.2	2.8	3.8	5.4	1.1	4.8	3.5	1.6	1.8
Unknown	0.9	1.5	0.6	1.1	0.7	2.6	0	0	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.9	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.4	1.6
Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of pesticides? How much? Why?...
No worries	16	19	21	29	14	15	27	16	23	17	21	5	6	16	11	12	10	12	13	11	17
A few	23	23	36	23	19	11	12	29	23	42	26	19	28	31	35	22	13	19	18	34	33
Some	34	25	26	22	37	25	38	34	37	30	26	42	33	39	43	36	42	39	33	35	28
A lot	27	33	17	26	30	49	23	21	17	11	27	34	33	15	11	30	35	30	36	20	22
N	313	195	325	518	681	456	48	94	108	426	314	230	155	246	104	204	94	246	114	551	383
Not Stated	34.5	28.7	54.8	45.2	35.5	77.8	72.9	30.9	34.3	55.4	41.1	20.9	50.3	61.0	52.9	24.5	45.7	29.7	34.2	48.5	58.2
Don't know	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.7	0	0	0.9	1.6	1.0	1.3	0	2.4	1.9	0.5	0	0	0	0.2	0.8
Interfere Nature	5.8	3.1	0.6	1.4	0.6	1.3	0	0	1.9	1.2	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	5.3	1.2	0.9	0.4	1.0
Fear/feeling	3.5	2.1	3.7	1.4	2.2	5.6	2.1	0	0	2.6	2.2	1.3	4.5	1.2	2.9	2.5	2.1	2.9	2.6	2.4	0.8
Ethical/Social	1.3	1.0	0	0.2	0.4	1.8	0	0	0.9	0	2.0	0	0	0.8	0	1.0	1.1	0.4	5.3	2.7	1.8
Insuff. control	1.6	2.1	2.5	0.2	5.1	1.7	0	1.1	0	1.2	0.3	4.4	0	0.8	0	2.0	1.1	3.3	3.5	8.4	7.8
Bad health	8.3	6.2	10.8	12.4	5.9	3.2	6.3	7.5	15.7	13.9	13.1	8.3	11.6	7.3	15.4	5.9	6.4	4.5	4.4	5.6	4.7
Dangerous	11.5	22.6	8.9	12.4	14.1	1.5	0	12.8	20.4	8.5	12.4	25.7	16.1	8.5	5.8	14.2	3.2	8.5	9.7	6.4	6.0
Ecology	12.1	13.3	6.8	13.9	15.7	3.0	6.3	29.8	17.6	6.6	20.7	24.8	11.0	9.8	14.4	27.0	14.9	24.0	20.2	19.2	14.1
Waste	1.6	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.2	0	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.7	0	1.0	2.0	3.2	1.6	0	0.7	0
Human misuse	12.1	11.8	5.9	6.0	11.9	2.4	10.4	9.6	2.8	6.6	3.5	6.5	3.2	2.9	2.9	14.7	12.8	20.3	15.8	3.5	2.9
Can control	6.4	6.7	4.0	6.4	7.6	0.9	2.1	7.5	4.6	1.9	2.9	5.7	1.3	4.1	1.9	4.9	4.3	3.7	3.5	2.2	1.8

Gen.eng.	Public							Medical or biology students								High school teachers
	NZ	A	J	In	T	R	Is	NZs	As	Js	In	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
Q6. Do you personally believe genetic engineering is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?...
Yes	41	62	57	65	77	65	74	76	60	69	76	71	55	80	60	92	60	94	69	90	74
No	29	17	10	8	5	7	16	9	16	4	6	5	30	7	12	4	20	1	14	4	9
Don't know	30	21	33	27	18	28	10	15	24	27	18	24	15	13	28	4	20	5	17	6	17
N	321	197	334	523	682	456	50	95	108	423	314	231	158	249	105	204	95	250	113	554	378
Not stated	39.6	37.6	53.9	50.7	40.8	75.8	72.0	27.4	30.6	51.8	36.9	33.3	40.5	59.4	60.0	21.0	35.8	26.8	31.0	47.5	55.8
Science	5.3	9.6	6.0	4.6	19.4	4.8	4.0	4.2	1.9	9.5	3.8	23.8	3.8	2.0	1.9	8.3	6.3	10.0	8.9	16.3	9.0
Cure disease	7.8	8.1	9.0	9.0	2.1	0.7	10.0	27.4	25.0	12.8	15.0	2.6	11.7	9.2	15.3	18.5	6.3	18.8	11.5	8.5	4.5
Humanity	5.6	7.1	9.9	14.1	6.5	6.7	0	10.5	10.2	9.9	21.0	4.4	9.5	14.8	9.5	15.2	9.5	13.2	8.0	3.6	1.6
Good for Environ	0.6	1.5	0	0.4	0.6	0.9	0	1.1	2.8	0	0.6	0.9	1.3	0	1.0	1.0	0	0.4	0.9	0.7	0.5
Help if careful	7.2	11.2	2.4	3.1	5.0	1.7	10.0	9.5	3.7	1.7	3.2	2.2	7.6	3.2	1.9	14.6	12.6	15.6	18.6	13.2	12.4
Agr/economy	5.3	8.6	2.7	12.1	16.6	2.6	0	5.3	5.6	1.9	15.6	21.2	3.8	3.4	2.9	14.6	7.4	11.6	6.2	3.8	1.6
Misuse	5.9	3.5	5.4	0.4	1.7	1.1	0	6.3	5.6	2.6	0	2.6	1.3	0.8	1.9	2.4	7.4	2.0	7.1	3.3	6.1
Dangerous	4.0	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.5	1.7	4.0	2.2	3.7	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.9	1.6	1.0	1.0	6.4	0.8	1.8	1.3	2.7
Playing God	14.0	8.6	4.5	1.1	1.2	0.9	0	5.3	10.2	2.4	0.3	0.9	12.7	3.2	1.9	2.0	7.4	0.4	5.3	0.7	2.1
Don't need	2.2	0	0.6	0.2	0.6	0	0	1.1	2.8	0.7	0	0.9	0	0.8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.4	1.1
Unknown	2.5	3.1	4.5	3.4	4.1	3.2	0	0	0.9	5.4	2.9	6.5	3.8	1.2	1.9	1.5	1.0	0	0	0.9	2.7
Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of genetic engineering? How much? Why?...
No worries	14	19	22	48	42	26	17	11	16	20	51	37	10	25	11	13	9	11	10	15	15
A few	23	21	39	23	32	23	17	27	19	44	23	38	25	23	29	34	11	23	12	44	34
Some	24	26	24	19	19	28	30	33	33	24	17	19	30	36	42	38	38	39	29	28	29
A lot	39	34	15	10	7	23	36	29	32	12	9	6	35	14	18	15	42	27	49	14	22
N	309	195	316	500	670	456	47	95	107	422	310	230	155	245	104	204	94	250	112	555	379
Not Stated	31.1	33.3	58.9	55.4	45.4	79.5	74.5	24.2	26.2	57.4	54.8	34.4	51.0	65.7	61.5	23.0	42.6	29.6	29.5	53.3	59.1
Don't know	2.9	3.6	1.9	6.0	5.7	1.7	0	0	0	4.0	3.6	10.4	0.7	2.0	1.9	0	0	0	0	0.7	1.9
Interfere Nature	13.3	9.2	2.9	3.8	1.8	0.9	2.1	10.5	11.2	4.7	1.9	1.7	7.7	3.3	3.9	2.9	5.3	4.0	6.3	1.3	6.1
Fear/feeling	5.2	4.6	6.7	6.0	8.7	5.8	0	0	0.9	6.6	5.8	5.2	5.2	3.7	3.9	4.4	4.3	3.2	7.1	3.4	2.1
Ethical	4.2	3.6	3.2	1.2	1.0	1.1	0	9.5	13.1	4.0	1.3	0.9	4.5	1.6	5.8	5.9	7.5	5.6	12.5	6.3	5.0
Social effect bad	1.6	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.4	0	0	0.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.8	0	0	0	0.8	1.8	2.0	3.7
Insuff. control	2.6	4.1	2.2	0.8	3.0	1.7	0	5.3	1.9	2.8	0.7	6.5	3.2	1.6	4.8	10.3	5.3	11.2	8.0	8.3	9.0
Bad health	1.0	1.5	1.0	3.0	1.8	0.4	2.1	2.1	0	1.0	3.2	1.7	2.6	1.6	3.9	1.0	2.1	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.6
Dangerous	3.6	2.6	2.2	0.6	2.1	1.9	0	3.2	5.6	1.4	2.6	3.0	3.2	0.8	1.9	1.5	1.1	0.8	1.8	1.4	1.1
Ecology	2.3	1.0	1.9	2.6	2.8	0.9	0	1.1	1.9	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.7	2.9	1.9	6.9	1.1	6.8	1.8	13.2	4.2
Waste	1.6	0.5	1.0	0.4	0.8	0.2	0	1.1	0	0	1.0	0.9	1.3	0.4	1.0	0.5	0	0.4	0	0	0
Human misuse	19.4	20.5	11.7	5.6	6.1	4.1	10.6	20.0	15.0	12.3	6.8	5.7	7.7	6.5	4.8	27.5	16.0	23.6	17.9	5.6	4.2
Eugenics	6.5	7.2	0.6	2.4	2.2	0	8.5	19.0	19.6	0	12.9	4.8	8.4	3.7	3.9	8.3	11.7	1.6	10.7	1.6	0.8
Can control	4.9	7.2	4.1	11.2	18.4	1.3	2.1	4.2	3.7	2.1	2.6	20.9	3.3	5.3	1.0	7.8	3.2	11.6	1.8	2.0	1.3

Q14 reasons		Public							Medical or biology students								High school teachers
%	Q?	NZ	A	J	In	T	R	Isr	NZ	A	J	In	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
N		306	195	329	514	681	440	50	94	108	426	296	231	160	246	103	196	96	250	106	531	354
Not Stated	D	36	36	48	53	43	68	74	38	39	53	59	26	63	58	59	41	29	37	38	48	49
	V	38	37	49	53	44	78	74	41	42	54	57	28	61	60	57	44	30	36	38	50	50
	M	35	34	48	53	45	76	74	37	39	53	63	27	63	57	57	39	29	35	36	49	48
	P	37	37	47	54	43	79	76	39	40	52	61	28	61	59	52	42	31	35	40	47	48
Unknown	D	6	7.7	10	6.0	5.4	7.8	0	3.2	5.6	12.2	3.4	5.2	8.5	3.7	7.7	3.6	15.6	12.3	4.4	8.9	11.9
health effect	V	5	6.7	8	5.8	5.0	6.8	0	2.1	6.5	11.3	2.4	4.3	9.2	5.7	9.7	3.6	14.6	13.2	4.8	9.2	11.9
	M	6	7.7	10	5.9	5.5	6.8	0	4.3	6.5	12.0	2.0	6.1	7.2	4.9	7.8	4.1	14.6	14.2	4.8	9.0	12.4
	P	7	6.7	9	6.0	5.5	6.3	0	1.1	6.5	7.3	2.0	5.2	6.5	3.7	9.7	4.6	13.5	10.4	2.8	9.4	11.9
Long term risk	D	3	1.5	5	0.8	1.8	2.7	0	3.2	0.9	0.9	0.7	1.7	1.3	2.0	0	5.1	11.5	13.2	6.8	4.0	3.7
	V	3	1.5	5	0.6	1.8	2.0	0	2.1	0.9	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.0	5.1	11.5	13.2	6.4	4.0	3.4
	M	3	1.5	5	0.8	1.9	2.2	0	3.2	0	0.9	0.3	2.2	1.3	1.6	1.9	5.1	9.4	13.2	6.8	4.0	3.4
	P	3	1.5	4	0.6	1.9	2.0	0	1.1	1.9	0.9	0.3	3.1	1.3	0.8	0	4.1	6.3	11.3	5.2	3.8	2.5
Quality	D	6	2.1	9	4.1	5.7	4.2	0	4.3	2.8	2.8	3.8	7.8	4.6	3.3	1.9	7.7	2.1	4.7	6.8	7.3	2.0
	V	6	3.1	6	3.3	4.1	1.7	0	2.1	2.8	2.6	5.8	7.4	3.9	2.4	1.9	6.6	2.1	3.8	6.8	6.4	2.0
	M	7	3.1	8	3.9	5.2	2.2	0	4.3	2.8	3.8	4.1	9.7	5.2	5.3	6.8	7.1	2.1	2.8	7.6	7.0	2.0
	P	7	1.5	5	2.7	3.2	1.2	0	1.1	1.9	3.1	2.0	6.1	2.6	2.4	1.9	6.1	3.1	1.9	5.6	7.3	1.7
Safety	D	11	11	11	3.5	20.1	2.2	6	12.8	11.1	9.9	2.1	21.7	3.3	10.2	4.8	11.7	12.5	9.4	14.0	12.8	10.0
	V	11	11	11	3.7	19.7	2.0	6	13.8	11.1	10.6	2.0	21.2	3.9	10.1	3.9	11.7	12.5	9.4	13.6	12.8	9.6
	M	11	11	11	3.7	17.1	2.0	6	12.8	11.1	9.9	2.4	16.2	3.3	10.9	2.9	11.2	11.5	9.4	14.0	13.0	9.6
	P	12	10	10	4.7	19.5	1.7	6	13.8	11.1	9.4	3.0	20.1	5.9	10.2	3.9	12.2	10.4	11.3	16.8	13.4	10.5
Side effects	D	1.3	2.1	1.2	1.0	4.4	2.0	2	4.3	7.4	1.2	1.7	9.1	5.2	6.5	4.8	4.4	6.3	3.8	1.6	0.4	0.6
	V	1.3	3.1	1.2	1.2	4.1	1.0	2	5.3	7.4	1.2	2.0	9.1	5.2	5.7	3.9	3.1	6.3	3.8	1.2	0.6	0.9
	M	1.3	3.1	1.2	1.0	4.6	1.2	2	5.3	7.4	1.4	2	11.4	5.2	6.1	3.9	3.6	6.3	3.8	1.2	0.6	0.6
	P	1.6	5.6	5	2.9	5.5	1.5	4	3.2	10.2	2.6	0	13.5	6.5	6.1	3.9	4.6	8.3	5.7	1.6	3.4	3.4
Unknown	D	1.6	0	2.1	0	2.4	2.2	2	0	0	1.2	4.4	0.4	0.7	0.4	0	4.6	5.2	1.9	1.6	4.0	2.3
research	V	1.3	0	2.1	0	2.2	1.5	2	0	0	1.2	0	1.3	1.3	0.4	0	2.0	5.2	1.9	1.6	4.1	2.3
	M	1.3	0	2.1	0	2.2	1.5	2	0	0	1.4	0	0.9	1.3	0.4	0	2.0	5.2	1.9	1.6	4.3	2.6
	P	1.6	0	1.8	0	1.9	1.7	2	0	0	0.9	0	0.9	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.5	5.2	1.9	1.6	4.3	2.5
Unnatural	D	18	16	6	7.8	1.9	2.9	6	7.4	8.3	5.6	5.1	2.2	2.0	2.9	6.7	5.6	7.3	7.5	4.0	4.7	7.6
	V	19	15	7	8.3	1.9	1.2	6	6.4	9.3	4.9	5.4	0.9	2.6	3.2	3.9	5.1	7.3	7.5	4.0	4.3	8.2
	M	20	14	7	7.5	2.5	2.2	6	7.4	10.2	5.4	5.1	0.9	3.9	5.3	4.9	5.1	9.4	6.6	4.4	4.7	7.9
	P	13	9	5	4.5	0.9	1.7	4	3.2	0.9	3.3	3.7	0.9	1.3	2.0	1.9	5.1	7.3	2.8	3.2	3.4	6.8
Unethical	D	5.8	4.6	1.5	0.6	1.2	1.3	6	8.5	12.0	0.2	1.0	1.3	0	0.8	1.0	4.1	1.0	2.8	0.9	1.1	2.0
	V	3.6	3.6	1.2	0.6	1.5	0.7	6	3.2	9.3	0.2	0.7	0.9	0	0.4	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	1.7
	M	7.5	8.7	1.8	4.9	2.2	1.5	6	10.6	14.8	0.5	5.4	1.8	0	2.0	1.0	6.1	2.1	3.6	3.8	0.9	2.3
	P	4.2	2.6	1.2	0.6	1.2	0.7	0	6.4	9.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	0	0.4	0	2.0	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	1.4
Environment	D	1.3	0.5	0.6	1.8	0.3	0	0	2.1	5.6	2.1	0.3	1.3	0.7	2.4	0	6.6	5.2	9.6	6.6	4.0	3.1
	V	1	1	1.5	1.7	1.0	0	0	2.1	5.6	2.3	0.3	1.7	0.7	2.0	0	7.7	5.2	11.2	7.5	4.5	3.1
	M	1	1	1.5	1.6	0.7	0	0	2.1	5.6	2.1	0.3	2.2	0.7	2.0	0	6.6	6.3	10.0	6.6	4.3	3.4
	P	1	0	0.6	1.4	0.4	0	0	1.1	2.8	1.9	0.3	1.8	0.7	2.4	0	4.1	3.1	7.6	5.7	4.0	2.8
Economic	D	1.3	3.1	0.3	0	0.3	0.2	2	3.2	0	0	0	0.9	0	0	0	4.1	2.1	2.4	3.8	1.5	2.8
abuse	V	1.3	3.1	0.3	0	0.3	0	2	3.2	0	0	0	0.9	0	0	0	3.6	2.1	2.4	3.8	1.7	2.6
	M	1.3	3.6	0.3	0	0.3	0	2	3.2	0	0	0	0.9	0	0	0	3.6	2.1	2.4	3.8	1.7	3.1
	P	1.3	2.6	0.6	0	0.4	0	0	3.2	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	2.6	3.1	12.6	3.8	1.5	2.8
Other	D	3	3	7	3.9	2.8	0.5	2	2.1	1.9	6.6	3.1	3.9	2.6	2.4	5.8	6.6	3.1	5.2	2.8	6.0	4.0
	V	3	3	6	5.2	3.4	0	2	4.3	1.9	5.9	3.4	5.2	2.6	3.3	5.8	5.6	3.1	4.8	2.8	4.9	2.8
	M	3	3	5	3.9	2.5	0.4	2	2.1	1.9	5.6	3.7	2.2	3.3	2.0	3.9	6.1	3.1	5.2	2.8	4.9	3.1
	P	3	3	5	3.7	2.1	0.2	2	4.3	1.9	5.6	2.7	2.2	1.3	2.0	3.9	7.1	6.3	6.0	5.6	4.1	3.7
Not needed	D	1.3	3.6	0.3	2.6	1.0	2.0	2	7.4	3.7	0	1.0	2.2	2.0	1.6	1.9	1.0	4.2	1.2	2.8	0.9	1.4
	V	1.3	3.6	0	1.9	1.3	1.7	2	6.4	3.7	0	0.7	2.2	2.0	1.2	1.0	1.0	4.2	1.2	2.8	0.8	1.4
	M	1.3	5.1	0	2.5	1.5	1.7	2	7.4	3.7	0	1.7	2.6	1.3	1.6	1.9	2.6	5.2	1.2	2.8	0.8	1.7
	P	1.3	2.1	0	1.6	0.6	1.2	0	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.7	2.6	0.7	1.6	0	0	2.1	0.8	1.9	0	0.6
Lack	D	7	5.1	8	1.6	2.4	1.2	2	3.2	1.9	4.2	1.4	3.5	1.3	0.8	3.9	3.1	6.3	5.6	9.4	4.1	8.8
Information	V	6	5.1	8	1.4	2.2	0.5	2	3.2	1.9	4.2	1.0	3.9	0.7	0.8	2.9	3.1	6.3	5.6	9.4	4.1	8.2
	M	7	5.1	8	1.4	3.0	0.5	2	3.2	1.9	4.5	1.4	5.3	0.7	0.8	2.9	3.1	6.3	5.6	9.4	4.3	8.2
	P	7	5.1	7	1.4	1.9	0.5	2	3.2	1.9	4.5	1.0	4.4	0.7	0.8	1.9	3.1	6.3	5.2	9.4	4.5	8.5
Needed	D	2.9	6.2	2.4	11.5	4.1	1.5	4	8.5	5.6	2.8	13.9	11.3	4.6	2.9	2.9	2.6	1.1	2.4	0.9	2.3	0.6
	V	4.2	8.2	2.7	11.8	4.6	1.2	4	9.6	5.6	3.1	16.3	10.0	7.1	3.6	5.8	2.6	1.1	3.2	0.9	2.3	0.9
	M	2.3	6.7	2.4	10.0	3.6	1.0	4	7.4	5.6	2.8	9.2	10.1	4.6	2.8	3.9	2.6	1.1	2.8	0.9	2.1	0.9
	P	9.5	17.0	5.0	15.0	7.2	1.7	10	21.3	16.7	5.6	18.2	8.7	11.7	9.8	15.5	7.1	2.1	4.8	3.8	3.2	2.0
Increase food	D	0.7	0	0	4.1	0.7	0.2	0	0	0	0	6.8	0	2.6	2.4	0	2.0	0	2.4	0	0	0
	V	0.7	0.3	0	3.9	0.6	0.5	0	0	0	0	5.4	1.3	1.4	2.8	1.0	2.0	0	2.0	0	0	0
	M	0	0	0.3	2.7	0.7	0.5	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	2.6	1.6	0	2.0	0	2.4	0	0	0
Better	P	1.8	0	0	1.9	0.6	0.2	0	0	0	0	1.4	0	1.3	0.8	0	3.1	0	2.4	0	0	0.3
Already done	D	3	4.1	1.5	2.7	2.5	0.7	0	0	3.7	1.4	0.3	2.2	2.0	4.5	0	5.1	3.1	6.4	2.8	1.5	1.1
	V	4	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	0.7	0	4.3	1.9	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.0	1.0	4.6	3.1	6.8	2.8	1.3	1.4
	M	1.3	2.1	1.5	1.6	1.8	0.4	0	0	1.9	1.2	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.2	1.0	4.6	2.1	6.4	2.8	1.3	2.0
	P	3	4.1	5	1.8	4.0	1.0	0	7.4	1.9	5.2	1.4	2.2	2.0	2.8	1.0	4.6	5.2	6.8	5.7	2.1	1.1

	Public									Medical or biology students								High school teachers
%	NZ	A	J	J91	In	T	R	Is	US86	NZ	A	J	I	T	P	S	HK	NZb	NZs	Ab	As	Jb	Js
Tomatoes with better taste
Yes	49	54	69	-	73	83	35	40	-	54	53	71	77	88	68	74	58	67	51	60	47	67	55
No	35	35	20	-	20	10	45	44	-	21	36	15	17	5	27	17	32	22	35	25	40	21	29
DK	16	11	11	-	7	7	20	16	-	15	11	14	6	7	5	9	10	11	14	15	13	12	16
Healthier meat (e.g. less fat)
Yes	54	60	57	-	66	84	35	44	-	74	71	65	68	88	75	72	62	72	63	71	57	60	47
No	30	31	26	-	22	9	43	42	-	20	23	18	18	4	21	17	27	18	31	18	32	24	33
DK	16	9	17	-	12	7	21	14	-	6	6	17	14	8	4	11	11	10	6	11	11	16	20
Larger sport fish
Yes	22	19	22	19	48	58	13	20	53	28	23	24	50	64	54	44	42	26	16	22	22	19	16
No	61	65	54	50	27	25	61	58	43	63	65	52	31	20	40	39	37	59	68	64	67	64	67
DK	17	16	24	31	25	17	26	22	4	9	12	24	19	16	6	17	21	15	16	14	11	17	17
Bacteria to clean up oil spills
Yes	75	82	71	75	74	87	63	70	73	92	89	76	74	85	78	86	70	85	82	91	84	77	63
No	11	11	13	7	14	5	20	12	23	1	4	10	13	6	19	6	23	7	11	3	8	12	15
DK	14	8	16	18	12	8	17	18	4	7	7	14	13	9	3	8	7	8	7	6	8	11	22
Disease resistant crops
Yes	70	78	66	75	78	91	54	50	73	81	81	67	81	91	82	83	72	85	70	83	70	71	55
No	16	13	17	6	13	4	25	28	23	7	13	13	11	5	15	8	14	10	20	7	18	15	22
DK	14	9	17	19	9	5	21	22	4	12	6	20	8	4	3	9	14	5	10	10	12	14	23
Cows which produce more milk
Yes	36	39	44	-	75	84	23	38	-	55	44	49	72	86	70	57	54	59	49	57	43	56	38
No	45	42	32	-	19	7	38	40	-	31	35	29	19	5	26	25	34	28	37	25	39	26	35
DK	19	19	24	-	6	9	39	20	-	14	21	22	9	9	4	18	12	13	14	18	18	18	27