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. |