Research Article
Food Integrity and Food Technology Concerns in Canada: Evidence from Two Public Surveys
Table 4
Summary statistics for variables included in the models.
| | | 2016 | 2017 | | | Food Integrity
and GM subsample | Nanotechnology
subsample | Food integrity
and GM
subsample | Nanotechnology subsample |
| Food integrity concern
(0–5) | 3.58
(1.00) | 3.58
(0.98) | 3.51
(1.00) | 3.48
(0.98) | GM concern
(1–5) | 3.32
(1.21) | — | 3.29
(1.23) | — | Nanotechnology concern
(1–5) | — | 3.13
(1.13) | — | 3.13
(1.13) | | Sociodemographic variables | | | | | | French | 18.7% | 18.5% | 18.3% | 17.7% | | Age | 45.5
(16.8) | 44.6
(16.8) | 46.2
(16.8) | 45.1
(16.9) | | Male | 48.4% | 51.3% | 47.9% | 50.5% | | Presence of children < 18 years | 19.4% | 19.5% | 18.0% | 18.1% | | Education | 15.2
(1.99) | 15.3
(1.96) | 15.2
(1.98) | 15.1
(2.00) | | City | 70.4% | 70.5% | 71.1% | 71.5% | | Church (0–5) | 1.98
(1.39) | 2.05
(1.42) | 2.02
(1.43) | 2.05
(1.43) | | Farm | 11.0% | 11.0% | 10.9% | 11.3% | | Income ($1,000.00) | 77.7
(35.7) | 76.7
(35.7) | 77.7
(35.9) | 76.6
(36.2) | Regular shopper
(1–5) | 4.44
(0.86) | 4.41
(0.90) | 4.39
(0.89) | 4.37
(0.89) | | Self-rated knowledge | | | | | | Knowledge of science and technology (0–10) | 5.39
(2.36) | 5.55
(2.36) | 5.29
(2.35) | 5.49
(2.35) | | Knowledge of environmental problems (0–10) | 5.82
(2.20) | 5.90
(2.20) | 5.78
(2.18) | 5.85
(2.18) | | Science benefit attitude (0–10) | 7.12
(2.08) | 7.05
(2.13) | 6.95
(2.14) | 6.92
(2.14) | | Trust | | | | | | Generalized trust in people | 49.9% | 49.0% | 46.9% | 47.4% | | Trust in government (1–5) | 2.95
(1.05) | 2.93
(1.07) | 2.91
(1.01) | 2.91
(1.02) | | Trust in industry (1–5) | 2.77
(0.75) | 2.76
(0.77) | 2.76
(0.70) | 2.75
(0.71) | | Trust in research organizations/universities (1–5) | 3.37
(0.96) | 3.34
(0.96) | 3.34
(0.92) | 3.31
(0.93) | Trust in advocacy groups
(1–5) | 2.90
(0.85) | 2.88
(0.85) | 2.86
(0.75) | 2.83
(0.75) | | Environmental concern | | | | | | NHIP (0–25) | 20.1
(3.73) | 19.9
(3.81) | 19.7
(3.87) | 19.5
(3.97) | | Myth of nature 1 | 49.2% | 49.4% | 44.3% | 42.6% | | Myth of nature 2 | 39.3% | 38.4% | 41.0% | 41.7% | | Myth of nature 3 | 2.14% | 2.26% | 2.97% | 3.47% | | Myth of nature 4 | 8.94% | 9.46% | 10.9% | 11.5% | | Health engagement (0–40) | 27.4
(5.17) | 27.2
(5.15) | 27.1
(4.95) | 26.8
(4.84) | | Sample size | 1633 | 1195 | 1618 | 1240 |
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