The Causal Model of Public Acceptance of Genetically Modified Food: An Invariance Analysis

Table 5

Results of the confirmatory factor analysis (full sample).

Construct	Item	Loading	Se	T-value	CR	AVE
ACC	ACC1	0.815	0.012	66.882	0.885	0.659
	ACC2	0.755	0.016	46.427
	ACC3	0.832	0.012	67.328
	ACC4	0.841	0.010	83.812
PEB	PEB1	0.857	0.010	88.514	0.880	0.649
	PEB2	0.807	0.021	38.881
	PEB3	0.877	0.010	83.613
	PEB4	0.663	0.033	20.039
PER	PER1	0.686	0.024	28.820	0.863	0.613
	PER2	0.839	0.012	71.863
	PER3	0.793	0.018	43.133
	PER4	0.807	0.015	52.859
SOT	SOT1	0.756	0.025	30.623	0.868	0.687
	SOT2	0.852	0.018	48.501
	SOT3	0.874	0.015	57.738

Note. ; ACC = public acceptance; PEB = perceived benefits; PER = perceived risks; SOT  =  social trust.