Research Article
Food Integrity and Food Technology Concerns in Canada: Evidence from Two Public Surveys
Table 5
Regression results’ concerns about GM and Nanotechnology.
| | | 2016 | 2017 | | | Food integrity concern | GM concern | Nanotechnology concern | Food integrity concern | GM concern | Nanotechnology concern | | | β (-statistic) |
| | Constant | 2.08
(7.65) | 0.25
(0.71) | −0.71
(−1.78) | 2.32
(8.57) | 0.29
(0.87) | 0.10
(0.25) | | Food integrity concern | — | 0.69
(21.0) | 0.69
(17.4) | — | 0.81
(23.9) | 0.83
(20.9) | | Sociodemographic variables | | | | | | | | French | −0.08
(−1.38) | 0.18
(2.39) | −0.01
(−0.09) | 0.01
(0.19) | 0.06
(0.83) | 0.01
(0.06) | | Age | 0.005
(3.27) | 0.004
(2.09) | 0.01
(2.79) | 0.01
(3.60) | −0.001
(−0.40) | 0.003
(1.58) | | Male | −0.04
(−0.84) | −0.06
(−0.96) | −0.11
(−1.67) | −0.08
(−1.64) | −0.09
(−1.52) | −0.11
(−1.57) | | Presence of children < 18 years | 0.05
(0.84) | 0.27
(3.74) | 0.12
(1.46) | 0.08
(1.34) | 0.04
(0.48) | −0.08
(−0.95) | | Education | −0.004
(−0.29) | −0.03
(−1.68) | −0.01
(−0.59) | −0.02
(−1.69) | −0.04
(−2.54) | −0.03
(−1.72) | | City | 0.07
(1.38) | 0.14
(2.37) | 0.04
(0.55) | 0.03
(0.56) | −0.07
(−1.16) | 0.11
(1.57) | | Church | 0.02
(1.00) | 0.05
(2.35) | 0.03
(1.45) | 0.03
(1.68) | 0.05
(2.78) | 0.05
(2.38) | | Farm | −0.08
(−1.09) | −0.11
(−1.21) | 0.03
(0.31) | 0.01
(0.15) | −0.02
(−0.24) | −0.05
(−0.54) | | Income | −0.0004
(−0.63) | −0.001
(−0.83) | −0.001
(−0.89) | −0.001
(−0.90) | −0.0001
(−0.07) | 0.001
(0.60) | | Regular shopper | −0.005
(−0.19) | −0.03
(−0.94) | −0.01
(−0.24) | 0.02
(0.79) | 0.01
(0.30) | −0.02
(−0.59) | | Self-rated knowledge | | | | | | | | Knowledge of science and technology | 0.01
(1.08) | −0.04
(−2.75) | −0.02
(−1.10) | 0.02
(1.28) | −0.05
(−2.90) | −0.04
(−2.33) | | Knowledge of environmental problems | 0.003
(0.22) | −0.02
(−1.38) | −0.03
(−1.54) | 0.02
(1.48) | −0.02
(−1.15) | 0.02
(0.95) | | Science benefit attitude | −0.05
(−4.55) | −0.07
(−4.37) | −0.07
(−3.84) | −0.05
(−3.83) | −0.10
(−6.87) | −0.10
(−6.10) | | Trust | | | | | | | | Generalized trust in people | −0.08
(−1.70) | −0.14
(−2.40) | −0.19
(−2.82) | −0.12
(−2.47) | −0.02
(−0.27) | −0.06
(−0.85) | | Trust in government | −0.14
(−4.99) | −0.12
(−3.55) | −0.13
(−3.25) | −0.09
(−3.11) | −0.15
(−4.19) | −0.07
(−1.85) | | Trust in industry | −0.17
(−4.36) | 0.04
(0.91) | 0.22
(3.83) | −0.22
(−4.84) | 0.08
(1.55) | 0.04
(0.65) | | Trust in research organizations/universities | 0.06
(2.13) | −0.17
(−4.42) | −0.19
(−4.39) | −0.02
(−0.67) | −0.11
(−2.70) | −0.20
(−4.30) | | Trust in advocacy groups | 0.16
(5.14) | 0.17
(4.27) | 0.17
(3.62) | 0.21
(5.15) | 0.15
(2.88) | 0.16
(2.86) | | Environmental concerns | | | | | | | | NHIP | 0.05
(6.99) | 0.01
(1.33) | 0.01
(1.02) | 0.03
(4.83) | −0.01
(−0.74) | 0.01
(0.59) | | Myth of nature 1 | −0.14
(−1.69) | −0.10
(−0.97) | −0.11
(−0.96) | 0.31
(3.84) | 0.25
(2.52) | 0.01
(0.12) | | Myth of nature 2 | −0.31
(−3.78) | −0.10
(−1.01) | −0.06
(−0.50) | 0.12
(1.54) | 0.18
(1.87) | 0.06
(0.56) | | Myth of nature 3 | −0.15
(−0.90) | 0.03
(0.15) | −0.02
(−0.07) | 0.05
(0.32) | −0.01
(−0.03) | −0.13
(−0.67) | | Health Engagement | 0.04
(8.83) | 0.01
(2.31) | 0.03
(4.05) | 0.03
(6.19) | 0.02
(3.31) | 0.01
(1.69) | | μ1 | — | 0.93
(18.1) | 1.15
(17.8) | — | 1.06
(18.8) | 1.22
(18.1) | | μ2 | — | 2.07
(33.2) | 2.44
(31.4) | — | 2.25
(33.4) | 2.60
(31.8) | | μ3 | — | 2.93
(41.6) | 3.33
(37.5) | — | 3.08
(41.0) | 3.50
(37.7) | | Sigma | 0.89
(57.0) | | | 0.91
(56.7) | | | | Log-likelihood | −2120.3 | −2075.1 | −1475.0 | −2147.5 | −1986.1 | −1473.0 | | Scaled | — | 0.43 | 0.43 | — | 0.50 | 0.49 | | Number of censored observations | 1629 | — | — | 1612 | — | — | | Sample | 1633 | 1633 | 1195 | 1618 | 1618 | 1240 |
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significant difference at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level. |
