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| Stakeholders | Definitions |
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| (1) Producers | Management representatives from food, agriculture, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical industry and organizations related to or with potential interest in biotechnology |
| (2) Biotechnologists | Science and health professionals involved in biotechnology research and development (R&D) |
| (3) Biologists | Life science and health professionals not involved in biotechnology (R&D) |
| (4) Policy makers | Government officers and legislators involved in decision making related to biotechnology |
| (5) Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) | Leaders of NGOs with an interest in biotechnology |
| (6) Media | Media writers and editors from major newspapers and broadcasters from major television and radio whose primary beat is science and technology |
| (7) Politicians | Ministers, senators, and parliamentarians |
| (8) Islamic scholars | Leaders of Islamic organizations, head of houses of worship, and academicians specializing in Islamic studies. |
| (9) Buddhist scholars | Leaders of Buddhist organizations, head of houses of worship, and academicians specializing in Buddhist studies. |
| (10) Christian scholars | Leaders of Christian organizations, head of houses of worship, and academicians specializing in Christianity studies. |
| (11) Hindu scholars | Leaders of Hindu organizations, head of houses of worship, and academicians specializing in Hindu studies. |
| (12) Biology students | University and college students majoring in biology |
| (13) General public | Respondents who does not belong to any of the above categories. They are stratified proportionately according to their occupations classification by Malaysian Standard Classification of Occupations 1998 (MASCO) with a little modification. The managers, senior officials, and legislators were combined with the professional group; the agricultural and fishery workers were combined with the elementary occupation as their percentage was only 0.71% and another category was created for the unemployed. |
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