The Causal Model of Public Acceptance of Genetically Modified Food: An Invariance Analysis
Table 8
Factor loadings, composite reliability, and average variance extracted (subgroup).
Male
Female
LK
HK
L
CR
AVE
L
CR
AVE
L
CR
AVE
L
CR
AVE
ACC
0.882
0.653
0.887
0.663
0.859
0.604
0.893
0.678
ACC1
0.802
0.825
0.813
0.802
ACC2
0.751
0.758
0.715
0.758
ACC3
0.836
0.829
0.794
0.869
ACC4
0.840
0.842
0.783
0.858
PEB
0.879
0.646
0.880
0.651
0.857
0.604
0.899
0.690
PEB1
0.872
0.848
0.835
0.866
PEB2
0.793
0.817
0.793
0.819
PEB3
0.844
0.899
0.861
0.880
PEB4
0.696
0.640
0.591
0.751
PER
0.876
0.639
0.854
0.595
0.877
0.640
0.853
0.595
PER1
0.709
0.672
0.819
0.615
PER2
0.850
0.831
0.835
0.842
PER3
0.827
0.765
0.761
0.816
PER4
0.805
0.809
0.785
0.791
SOT
0.873
0.696
0.864
0.681
0.836
0.630
0.875
0.700
SOT1
0.762
0.752
0.793
0.769
SOT2
0.862
0.846
0.775
0.854
SOT3
0.875
0.872
0.813
0.883
Note. L = factor loadings; CR = composite reliability; AVE = average variance extracted; ACC = public acceptance; PEB = perceived benefits; PER = perceived risks; SOT = social trust.
