| Sample | Sampling | Data Input |
| New Zealand - public | Darryl Macer, Nobuko Macer | Darryl Macer |
| New Zealand - medical students | D. Gareth Jones, Otago University | Darryl Macer |
| New Zealand - teachers | Darryl Macer | D.M., Y.A., S.A., M.T. |
| Australia - public | Darryl Macer, Nobuko Macer, Ron Rich | Darryl Macer |
| Australia - medical students | Peter Singer, Monash University | Darryl Macer |
| Australia - teachers | Darryl Macer | D.M., Y.A., S.A., M.T. |
| Japan - public | Darryl Macer, Nobuko Macer, Yuko Kato | Yuko Kato |
| Japan - medical students | Michio Hirayama, Norio Fujiki, Fukui Medical School;
Hideo Hayashi, University of Tsukuba | Yuko Kato |
| Japan - teachers | D. M., Y. Asada, S. Akiyama, M. Tsuzuki | Y.A., S.A., M.T. |
| India - public, students | Jayapaul Azariah, Hilda Azariah, University of Madras | D.M., S.A., M.T.,Y.A. |
| Thailand - public, students | Peerasak Srivines & Prasert Chatwachirawong, Kasetsart University | D.M., S.A., M.T. |
| Russia - public | Vijay Kaushik, Russian Academy of Sciences | Vijay Kaushik |
| Israel - public | Frank Leavitt, Ben Gurion University | Darryl Macer |
| Philippines - medical students | Angeles T. Alora, University of San Tomas | D.M., M.T. |
| Singapore - students | Lim Tit Meng, University of Singapore
Ong Chin Choon, Singapore Polytech | Darryl Macer |
| Hong Kong - students | Maureen Boost, Hong Kong Polytechnic | Darryl Macer |
Table 2: Occupation of samples
Student samples (NZ, A, J, In, T, S, P, HK) were all University students. All the university students in the In and T samples were made into separate student samples.
| Occupation (%'s) | NZ | A | J | In | T | R | Is |
| Housewife | 11.8 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Retired | 23.4 | 20.1 | 8.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Farmer | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Teacher | 7.6 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 18.6 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 12 |
| Government | 0.9 | 1.1 | 14.9 | 1.1 | 60.2 | 1.9 | 0 |
| Company | 7.0 | 8.5 | 21.3 | 4.6 | 8.1 | 1.9 | 2 |
| University / Research | 1.5 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 24.2 | 17.4 | 29.2 | 6 |
| Unistudent | 8.5 | 8.5 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 30 |
| HSstudent | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 8 |
| Administrator | 4.6 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2 |
| Self-employed | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 4 |
| Arts | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 2.8 | 2 |
| Counselor | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Engineer | 3.6 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 17.5 | 2 |
| Medical | 7.6 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 0 | 5.2 | 28 |
| Unemployed | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 3.3 | 3.2 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Not stated | 5.2 | 10.0 | 3.7 | 15.7 | 0.3 | 14.9 | 2 |
| NZ | A | J | J91 | In | T | R | Is | NZ | A | J | In | T | P | S | HK | NZb | NZs | Ab | As | Jb | Js | |
| N | 329 | 201 | 352 | 551 | 568 | 689 | 446 | 50 | 96 | 110 | 435 | 325 | 232 | 164 | 250 | 104 | 206 | 96 | 251 | 114 | 560 | 383 |
| %1 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 26 | - | 36 | 43 | low | 60 | 70 | 66 | - | 50 | 70 | 80 | 52 | 61 | 28 | 47 | 21 | 37 | 26 |
| Time2 | 3/93 | 3/93 | 3/93 | 7/91 | 7/93 | 9/93 | 4/93 | 11/93 | 3/93 | 3/93 | 6/93 | 7/93 | 9/93 | 8/93 | 10/93 | 12/93 | 8/93 | 8/93 | 8/93 | 8/93 | 7/93 | 7/93 |
| Male | 41 | 45 | 52 | 53 | 61 | 48 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 50 | 67 | 53 | 42 | 46 | 23 | 45 | 64 | 62 | 48 | 63 | 88 | 92 |
| Female | 59 | 55 | 48 | 47 | 39 | 52 | 64 | 62 | 59 | 50 | 33 | 47 | 58 | 54 | 77 | 55 | 36 | 38 | 52 | 37 | 12 | 8 |
| Rural3 | 23 | 29 | 27 | - | 22 | 54 | - | 20 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 15 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 37 | 34 |
| Urban | 77 | 71 | 73 | - | 78 | 46 | 90+ | 80 | 85 | 89 | 49 | 85 | 58 | 87 | 96 | 88 | 31 | 73 | 75 | 79 | 63 | 66 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mean | 47.4 | 45.2 | 41.7 | 39.8 | 30.6 | 37.2 | 36.3 | 33.4 | 20.8 | 18.1 | 21.1 | 21.8 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 19.3 | 21.0 | 40.8 | 42.5 | 41.8 | 42.0 | 40.7 | 40.0 |
| <20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0.5 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 92 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 69 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| <30 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 55 | 18 | 28 | 37 | 60 | 8 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 97 | 31 | 90 | 33 | 35 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 15 |
| <40 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 40 | 40 | 46 | 34 | 34 |
| <50 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 31 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 32 |
| <60 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 17 |
| 61+ | 33 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| single | 25 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 53 | 38 | 33 | 34 | 95 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 24 |
| Married | 59 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 45 | 59 | 54 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 83 | 86 | 79 | 70 | 77 | 75 |
| Div/wid. | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 3 | 3 | 0.3 | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Children | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| No child | 33 | 39 | 40 | 35 | 55 | 22 | 41 | 48 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 96 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 28 |
| Pregnant | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| One | 8 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
| Two | 26 | 25 | 36 | 32 | 19 | 39 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 38 | 31 | 27 | 36 | 40 |
| >2 child | 31 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 38 | 32 | 35 | 18 | 18 |
| Education | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | 43 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 94 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 year
college | 18 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 48 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 |
| graduate | 25 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 38 | 27 | 60 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 78 | 82 |
| postgrad. | 9 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 59 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 21 | 17 |
| other | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| How important is religion? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Very | 27 | 23 | 10 | - | 40 | 46 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 36 | 54 | 89 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 42 | 47 | 7 | 10 |
| Some | 26 | 27 | 33 | - | 27 | 44 | 38 | 16 | 20 | 41 | 16 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 17 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 37 |
| Not too | 27 | 24 | 40 | - | 15 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 18 | 20 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 26 | 33 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 45 | 36 |
| Not at all | 20 | 26 | 17 | - | 18 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 34 | 20 | 45 | 22 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 17 |
| Religion | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| None | 25 | 25 | 39 | - | 2 | 0.2 | 20 | 0 | 45 | 32 | 68 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 25 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | 70 | 71 | 8 | - | 34 | 0.4 | 57 | 0 | 49 | 41 | 5 | 24 | 1.7 | 99 | 24 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moslem | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 0.6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0.4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Buddhist | 0.3 | 1 | 47 | - | 0.4 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 97 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hindu | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 59 | 0 | 0 | Jew: | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 0.4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other | 5 | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 98 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Race | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caucasian | 92 | 91 | 0 | - | 0.2 | 0 | - | 43 | 79 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 93 | 95 | 98 | - | - |
| Asian | 1 | 2 | 100 | - | 5 | 92 | - | 23 | 11 | 23 | 100 | 4 | 79 | 98 | 95 | 99 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| African | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Indian | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | - | 94 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maori | Maori | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| Arabic | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0.6 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| Other | 7 | 6 | 0 | - | 0.4 | 8 | - | 26 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| Income4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| <20000 | 32 | 18 | 37 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 24 | 56 | 25 | 14 | 36 | 24 | 41 | 52 | 59 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 27 |
| <35000 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 22 | 42 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 47 |
| <50000 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 64 | 19 | 18 |
| 50000+ | 19 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 48 | 46 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 45 | 41 | 29 | 7 | 8 |
1%=response rate of the survey;
2Time that sampling started.
3Indian samples were divided into city, town and rural responses; Russian samples were from three cities, both are described in the analysis of the results for the respective samples.
4Income for NZ, A, Is, S, P in $; Japanese
Yen, (Y500,000; 800,000; 1,000,000; Russian in rbl; T in bahts
(125,000; 250,000; 500,000); In in rupees.
Abbreviations used in all tables: NZ=New Zealand; A=Australia;J=Japan;
J91 from Japan 1991 survey (Macer, 1992);
P=Philippines; S=Singapore; HK=Hong Kong; T=Thailand; R=Russia.
Other surveys that are compared in data tables include: NZ90
(Couchman & Fink-Jensen 1990, N=2034); US86
(from the Office of Technology Assessment Survey 1986, N=1273);
US92 (from March of Dimes Survey 1992, N=1032).
Table 4: General science and technology attitudes
Q1. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
++ Agree Strongly + Agree = Neither
- Disagree -- Disagree Strongly
| NZ | A | J | J91 | In | T | R | Is | NZ | A | J | In | T | P | S | HK | NZb | NZs | Ab | As | Jb | Js | |
|
a. Science makes an important contribution to the quality of life. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ++ | 45 | 46 | 34 | 26 | 47 | 59 | 20 | 39 | 47 | 51 | 35 | 35 | 59 | 58 | 51 | 36 | 85 | 56 | 71 | 58 | 26 | 19 |
| + | 50 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 29 | 40 | 58 | 35 | 48 | 46 | 57 | 24 | 40 | 42 | 46 | 62 | 14 | 37 | 27 | 36 | 57 | 60 |
| = | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| - | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0.4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| -- | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
b. Most problems can be solved by applying more and better technology. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ++ | 14 | 11 | 12 | - | 23 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| + | 38 | 44 | 34 | - | 41 | 39 | 50 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 41 | 53 | 59 | 53 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 26 | 26 |
| = | 21 | 22 | 33 | - | 10 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 19 | 50 | 47 |
| - | 24 | 20 | 17 | - | 20 | 37 | 16 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 43 | 16 | 21 |
| -- | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 3 |
c. The natural environment has a valuable property that humans should not tamper with. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ++ | 42 | 38 | 65 | - | 59 | 23 | 37 | 31 | 36 | 32 | 61 | 66 | 16 | 80 | 59 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 59 | 61 |
| + | 38 | 35 | 31 | - | 30 | 33 | 49 | 31 | 43 | 37 | 33 | 26 | 35 | 17 | 32 | 51 | 34 | 52 | 37 | 41 | 33 | 29 |
| = | 11 | 18 | 3 | - | 5 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 9 |
| - | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | 5 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| -- | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
d. Genetically modified plants and animals will help agriculture become less dependent on chemical pesticides. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ++ | 16 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| + | 48 | 47 | 31 | 39 | 37 | 51 | 34 | 35 | 52 | 61 | 42 | 34 | 52 | 49 | 55 | 50 | 59 | 46 | 55 | 46 | 37 | 23 |
| = | 22 | 25 | 45 | 45 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 35 | 16 | 26 | 44 | 58 |
| - | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 12 |
| -- | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| e. Students should be informed about the social issues associated with science and technology so that they can participate in contemporary debates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ++ | 44 | 48 | 51 | 47 | 38 | 44 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 45 | 62 | 30 | 13 | 71 | 70 | 76 | 74 | 45 | 44 |
| + | 50 | 46 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 36 | 47 | 50 | 52 | 23 | 51 | 36 | 49 | 56 | 27 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 48 | 52 |
| = | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0.4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
f. A woman can abort a 4 month old fetus. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ++ | 9 | 14 | 6 | - | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| + | 29 | 24 | 23 | - | 12 | 14 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 19 |
| = | 17 | 23 | 33 | - | 12 | 17 | 26 | 29 | 19 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 46 | 45 |
| - | 23 | 22 | 29 | - | 30 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 31 | 50 | 7 | 27 | 37 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 27 |
| -- | 22 | 17 | 9 | - | 41 | 27 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 47 | 38 | 88 | 42 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 32 | 35 | 7 | 7 |
g. A woman can abort a 4 month old fetus that has congenital abnormalities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ++ | 27 | 32 | 6 | - | 29 | 35 | 43 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| + | 42 | 40 | 45 | - | 38 | 44 | 44 | 25 | 33 | 49 | 45 | 40 | 46 | 7 | 38 | 53 | 41 | 31 | 25 | 28 | 39 | 41 |
| = | 13 | 14 | 28 | - | 13 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 16 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 40 | 42 |
| - | 8 | 7 | 10 | - | 12 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| -- | 10 | 7 | 2 | - | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 |
h. A married couple can use a surrogate mother and in vitro fertilisation if they cannot get pregnant themselves. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ++ | 13 | 21 | 6 | - | 15 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| + | 42 | 38 | 21 | - | 30 | 55 | 53 | 29 | 44 | 50 | 32 | 28 | 55 | 13 | 37 | 32 | 43 | 35 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 16 |
| = | 17 | 12 | 35 | - | 16 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 40 | 44 |
| - | 17 | 20 | 23 | - | 23 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 37 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 28 |
| -- | 11 | 9 | 15 | - | 16 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 10 |
i. Animals have rights that people should not violate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ++ | 29 | 24 | 48 | - | 30 | 32 | 50 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 26 | 48 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 27 | 25 |
| + | 43 | 45 | 39 | - | 38 | 50 | 44 | 28 | 42 | 44 | 42 | 26 | 42 | 51 | 42 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 38 | 38 | 45 | 50 |
| = | 16 | 22 | 10 | - | 10 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 32 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| - | 10 | 7 | 2 | - | 16 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| -- | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 |
Table 5: Awareness of developments in science and technology. - Not heard of it + Heard of it ++ Could explain it to a friend
| NZ | A | J | J91 | In | T | R | Is | NZ | A | J | In | T | P | S | HK | NZb | NZs | Ab | As | Jb | Js | |
| Pesticides | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| + | 48 | 47 | 61 | 58 | 44 | 34 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 56 | 73 | 41 | 59 | 76 | 67 | 78 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 40 |
| ++ | 50 | 48 | 36 | 38 | 51 | 66 | 44 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 22 | 53 | 41 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 95 | 94 | 95 | 90 | 76 | 60 |
| In vitro fertilisation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| + | 45 | 37 | 53 | 45 | 46 | 67 | 48 | 50 | 33 | 43 | 46 | 39 | 81 | 47 | 69 | 53 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 45 |
| ++ | 52 | 61 | 43 | 50 | 37 | 33 | 51 | 44 | 67 | 52 | 50 | 45 | 17 | 50 | 31 | 40 | 98 | 86 | 97 | 92 | 90 | 55 |
| Computers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 0.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| + | 49 | 38 | 61 | - | 50 | 57 | 40 | 50 | 45 | 50 | 68 | 47 | 71 | 58 | 64 | 68 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 42 | 52 |
| ++ | 50 | 61 | 35 | - | 47 | 43 | 59 | 44 | 55 | 49 | 25 | 51 | 29 | 41 | 35 | 29 | 81 | 95 | 78 | 84 | 57 | 46 |
| Biotechnology | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 23 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0.4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| + | 62 | 56 | 65 | 65 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 54 | 69 | 53 | 71 | 68 | 45 | 74 | 12 | 51 | 11 | 38 | 11 | 50 |
| ++ | 15 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 37 | 41 | 30 | 20 | 33 | 21 | 26 | 40 | 23 | 19 | 55 | 18 | 88 | 43 | 89 | 54 | 88 | 49 |
| Nuclear Power | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| + | 57 | 49 | 61 | - | 55 | 75 | 47 | 66 | 43 | 18 | 64 | 51 | 86 | 59 | 78 | 72 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 17 |
| ++ | 42 | 49 | 35 | - | 41 | 23 | 52 | 24 | 57 | 81 | 32 | 42 | 11 | 40 | 16 | 20 | 94 | 93 | 91 | 89 | 74 | 83 |
| AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 0.3 | 0 | 5 | - | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| + | 32 | 30 | 44 | - | 40 | 34 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 29 | 37 | 23 | 42 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| ++ | 68 | 70 | 51 | - | 59 | 66 | 55 | 58 | 88 | 89 | 64 | 70 | 63 | 76 | 58 | 54 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 97 | 91 | 76 |
| Human gene therapy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 26 | 23 | 23 | - | 27 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 21 |
| + | 57 | 50 | 58 | - | 47 | 70 | 57 | 48 | 28 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 71 | 66 | 59 | 55 | 22 | 44 | 16 | 40 | 35 | 61 |
| ++ | 17 | 27 | 19 | - | 26 | 20 | 21 | 32 | 65 | 36 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 76 | 30 | 80 | 40 | 62 | 18 |
| Genetic engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| + | 62 | 49 | 74 | 68 | 46 | 58 | 60 | 82 | 26 | 43 | 67 | 40 | 63 | 60 | 51 | 79 | 7 | 41 | 9 | 43 | 25 | 67 |
| ++ | 29 | 42 | 17 | 26 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 74 | 54 | 25 | 50 | 20 | 36 | 48 | 14 | 93 | 55 | 91 | 56 | 74 | 18 |
Table 6a: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about in vitro fertilisation
| IVF | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NZ | A | J | In | T | R | Is | NZs | As | Js | In | T | P | S | HK | NZb | NZs | Ab | As | Jb | Js | |
| Q6. Do you personally believe IVF is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 63 | 65 | 47 | 57 | 79 | 70 | 84 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 62 | 84 | 45 | 70 | 64 | 85 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 66 |
| No | 22 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
| Don't know | 15 | 13 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 20 |
| N | 325 | 196 | 334 | 531 | 682 | 456 | 50 | 95 | 108 | 423 | 313 | 232 | 156 | 249 | 104 | 204 | 95 | 250 | 114 | 556 | 378 |
| Not stated | 28.0 | 25.0 | 45.8 | 45.6 | 24.2 | 63.9 | 70 | 28.4 | 24.1 | 39.7 | 43.8 | 13.8 | 35.9 | 57.0 | 53.9 | 19.1 | 31.6 | 22.4 | 31.6 | 41.7 | 55.8 |
| Science | 4.0 | 9.2 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 4 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 15.1 | 9.0 |
| Cure disease | 37.2 | 34.7 | 15.6 | 21.7 | 46.8 | 5.8 | 14 | 41.1 | 49.1 | 24.1 | 32.3 | 67.2 | 18.0 | 27.3 | 28.9 | 35.6 | 29.5 | 28.4 | 24.6 | 16.4 | 4.5 |
| Humanity | 2.8 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 8.9 | 0 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 10.9 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| Inc.efficiency | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Help if careful | 2.5 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 10 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 10.4 | 14.9 | 9.2 | 0 |
| Agriculture | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0 | 3.1 | 12.4 |
| Misuse | 3.7 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
| Playing God | 11.1 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 18.6 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 6.1 |
| Bad health | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 |
| Social change | 0.9 | 0 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Don't need | 5.8 | 13.8 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 2 | 9.5 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Unknown | 0.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of IVF? How much? Why?... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No worries | 28 | 30 | 13 | 42 | 43 | 28 | 49 | 27 | 35 | 19 | 45 | 30 | 12 | 36 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 12 |
| A few | 29 | 26 | 45 | 27 | 32 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 29 | 51 | 27 | 50 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 39 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 50 | 42 |
| Some | 24 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 19 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 27 | 40 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 36 | 26 | 29 |
| A lot | 19 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 17 |
| N | 306 | 198 | 326 | 501 | 679 | 456 | 48 | 95 | 105 | 423 | 308 | 230 | 155 | 247 | 104 | 204 | 94 | 247 | 113 | 554 | 381 |
| Not Stated | 36.0 | 34.3 | 50.9 | 53.5 | 39.3 | 74.5 | 70.8 | 34.7 | 42.9 | 50.6 | 55.5 | 25.2 | 52.9 | 67.1 | 56.7 | 30.4 | 53.2 | 29.6 | 35.4 | 48.7 | 54.9 |
| Don't know | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| Interfere Nature | 10.5 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 9.5 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 7.4 |
| Fear/feeling | 4.2 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 |
| Ethical | 8.5 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 16.8 | 8.6 | 17.4 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 14.4 | 20.1 | 11.7 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 17.2 | 10.2 |
| Social effect bad | 3.9 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 10.2 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 15.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 5.0 |
| Insuff. control | 4.6 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 9.2 |
| Bad health | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 3.1 |
| Ecology | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 6.3 | 12.4 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Waste | 3.3 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Human misuse | 13.4 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 1.9 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 14.7 | 9.6 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Eugenics | 3.6 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 8.4 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| Can control | 8.2 | 9.1 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 21.2 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 10.4 | 23.5 | 3.2 | 11.3 | 2.9 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
Table 6b: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about computers
| Computers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NZ | A | J | In | T | R | Is | NZs | As | Js | In | T | P | S | HK | NZb | NZs | Ab | As | Jb | Js | |
| Q6. Do you personally believe computers is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 85 | 90 | 85 | 91 | 98 | 92 | 86 | 92 | 88 | 87 | 90 | 98 | 95 | 90 | 92 | 95 | 98 | 93 | 90 | 93 | 92 |
| No | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Don't know | 9 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| N | 324 | 196 | 332 | 420 | 685 | 456 | 50 | 95 | 109 | 424 | 186 | 232 | 158 | 249 | 105 | 204 | 93 | 250 | 114 | 556 | 379 |
| Not stated | 33.6 | 30.6 | 47.3 | 34.5 | 25.0 | 69.1 | 74 | 29.5 | 26.6 | 45.8 | 28.5 | 11.2 | 32.9 | 55.4 | 44.8 | 22.0 | 36.2 | 28.4 | 37.7 | 48.6 | 54.4 |
| Economy | 3.7 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Science | 11.4 | 13.8 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 12.3 | 5.8 | 4 | 19.0 | 12.8 | 7.8 | 13.4 | 16.0 | 9.5 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 23.9 | 18.1 | 20.8 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 9.0 |
| Humanity | 12.4 | 11.2 | 31.0 | 17.2 | 7.5 | 10.2 | 0 | 17.9 | 7.3 | 35.1 | 20.4 | 5.6 | 20.9 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 19.6 | 22.3 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 4.9 | 2.2 |
| Inc.efficiency | 25.9 | 30.6 | 5.1 | 35.5 | 49.3 | 6.1 | 12 | 25.3 | 44.0 | 5.9 | 30.7 | 60.8 | 29.1 | 22.1 | 37.1 | 23.9 | 14.9 | 19.6 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 6.7 |
| Good Envir. | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Helpifcareful | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 8 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 21.9 |
| Insuff. control | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| Playing God | 0.6 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Unknown | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Don't need | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Social change | 5.3 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of computers? How much? Why?... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No worries | 46 | 51 | 57 | 55 | 64 | 61 | 46 | 58 | 44 | 63 | 57 | 63 | 45 | 60 | 44 | 53 | 53 | 47 | 39 | 57 | 52 |
| A few | 28 | 22 | 34 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 34 |
| Some | 19 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 9 |
| A lot | 7 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| N | 321 | 197 | 322 | 407 | 682 | 456 | 48 | 95 | 108 | 425 | 182 | 229 | 155 | 247 | 104 | 204 | 94 | 247 | 114 | 553 | 380 |
| Not Stated | 43.5 | 46.2 | 63.0 | 51.4 | 45.3 | 80.8 | 81.3 | 45.3 | 41.7 | 65.9 | 47.3 | 28.0 | 57.4 | 70.0 | 64.4 | 45.6 | 56.4 | 45.3 | 49.1 | 68.9 | 68.4 |
| Don't know | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Interfere Nature | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Fear/feeling | 1.6 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| Ethical | 8.8 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 6.4 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 4.0 |
| Social effect bad | 19.9 | 20.3 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 25.3 | 37.0 | 4.5 | 24.7 | 16.6 | 18.1 | 8.5 | 21.2 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 19.3 | 11.0 | 9.7 |
| Insuff. control | 1.3 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 9.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 6.7 |
| Bad health | 1.0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Dangerous | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Ecology | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Waste | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Human misuse | 8.8 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 10.8 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| Can control | 12.3 | 16.2 | 9.9 | 18.2 | 29.3 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 16.8 | 12.9 | 9.4 | 19.2 | 41.9 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 8.7 | 13.2 | 8.5 | 11.7 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
Table 6c: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about biotechnology
| Biotech | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NZ | A | J | In | T | R | Is | NZs | As | Js | In | T | P | S | HK | NZb | NZs | Ab | As | Jb | Js | |
| Q6. Do you personally believe biotechnology is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 46 | 59 | 74 | 75 | 90 | 73 | 72 | 56 | 47 | 78 | 77 | 85 | 71 | 90 | 65 | 94 | 62 | 93 | 73 | 95 | 87 |
| No | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Don't know | 47 | 38 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 53 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 8 |
| N | 315 | 196 | 332 | 526 | 680 | 456 | 50 | 94 | 105 | 423 | 309 | 232 | 157 | 218 | 105 | 203 | 94 | 249 | 110 | 556 | 381 |
| Not stated | 52.7 | 49.5 | 53.0 | 46.8 | 37.4 | 74.5 | 80 | 60.6 | 58.1 | 51.8 | 41.1 | 31.0 | 50.3 | 63.9 | 66.7 | 27.3 | 58.5 | 32.1 | 45.5 | 46.6 | 57.7 |
| Economy | 0.6 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Science | 6.0 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 14.7 | 5.6 | 4 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 22.4 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 14.5 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 9.5 |
| Cure disease | 1.6 | 6.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Humanity | 10.2 | 9.5 | 14.8 | 19.0 | 11.6 | 6.9 | 6 | 2.1 | 7.6 | 15.8 | 19.7 | 9.5 | 17.8 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 26.3 | 12.8 | 16.5 | 12.7 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Inc.efficiency | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 7.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Good for environ | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 12.2 | 1.7 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 15.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| Agriculture | 4.4 | 4.1 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 9.2 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 11.0 | 4.7 |
| Help if careful | 4.4 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0 | 9.3 | 5.3 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 16.0 |
| Dangerous | 0.9 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Playing God | 2.2 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| Don't need | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Unknown | 11.8 | 9.7 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| Q7. Do you have any worries about the impact of research or applications of biotechnology ? How much? Why?... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No worries | 33 | 33 | 37 | 59 | 61 | 39 | 35 | 36 | 54 | 31 | 56 | 52 | 35 | 44 | 32 | 42 | 31 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 22 |
| A few | 32 | 25 | 44 | 19 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 34 | 26 | 51 | 22 | 37 | 27 | 29 | 40 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 25 | 49 | 46 |
| Some | 25 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 30 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 22 |
| A lot | 10 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| N | 280 | 187 | 381 | 500 | 674 | 456 | 48 | 91 | 95 | 420 | 307 | 230 | 154 | 243 | 104 | 204 | 93 | 236 | 102 | 554 | 383 |
| Not Stated | 41.4 | 41.2 | 53.4 | 58.6 | 49.2 | 81.4 | 77.1 | 51.7 | 57.9 | 62.9 | 60.6 | 36.5 | 64.9 | 71.2 | 74.1 | 50.0 | 63.4 | 41.1 | 6.9 | 58.1 | 63.2 |
| Don't know | 14.3 | 15.5 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Interfere Nature | 5.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Fear/feeling | 8.6 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Ethical | 1.1 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 0 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| Social effect bad | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| No control/waste | 1.8 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 0 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 8.6 |
| Bad health | 1.1 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Dangerous | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| Ecology | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 13.7 | 8.4 |
| Human misuse | 13.2 | 14.4 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 2.1 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 17.7 | 10.8 | 22.9 | 18.6 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| Eugenics | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Can control | 8.2 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 16.8 | 27.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 14.3 | 38.7 | 13.6 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
Table 6d: Perceptions of benefit (Q6) or risk (Q7), and open comments about nuclear power
| Nuclear | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NZ | A | J | In | T | R | Is | NZs | As | Js | In | T | P | S | HK | NZb | NZs | Ab | As | Jb | Js | |
| Q6. Do you personally believe nuclear power is a worthwhile area for scientific research? Why?... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 47 | 54 | 64 | 65 | 61 | 55 | 58 | 50 | 63 | 64 | 59 | 38 | 39 | 27 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 78 |
| No | 43 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 47 | 55 | 53 | 27 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 16 |
| Don't know | 10 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| N | 324 | 196 | 334 | 420 | 683 | 456 | 50 | 95 | 108 | 423 | 183 | 231 | 158 | 249 | 105 | 203 | 95 | 249 | 114 | 556 | 382 |
| Not stated | 27.8 | 28.1 | 41.6 | 39.5 | 32.1 | 68.3 | 70.0 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 33.3 | 36.1 | 20.8 | 32.9 | 53.0 | 50.5 | 19.5 | 29.5 | 27.3 | 36.0 | 41.2 | 46.1 |
| Science | 4.9 | 9.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 8.6 |
| Energy/efficient | 9.9 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 31.1 | 20.8 | 5.2 | 0 | 16.8 | 28.7 | 14.4 | 23.0 | 15.6 | 13.9 | 5.2 | 25.7 | 14.6 | 3.2 | 19.1 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 8.9 |
| Humanity | 2.5 | 3.6 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 10.2 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| Bad for Environ. | 4.9 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Good for Environ | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Help if careful | 8.6 | 10.2 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 12.0 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 19.7 | 21.9 | 11.3 | 11.0 |
| No control/misuse | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| Dangerous | 29.9 | 26.5 | 18.9 | 10.7 | 14.1 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 35.8 | 25.0 | 24.6 | 9.8 | 23.8 | 29.1 | 25.3 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 22.1 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 13.6 |
| Playing God | 0.9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||