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