Czaja, Ronald (author), Hoban, Thomas (author), Woodrum, Eric (author), and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA: Rural Sociological Society
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06663
biotechnology, James F. Evans Collection, The extent and sources of public opposition to the use of genetic engineering in agricultural production are examined through data from telephone interviews with 220 farmers and 332 nonfarmers living in eight North Carolina counties. A model suggesting that public opposition to genetic engineering is influenced by demographic characteristics mediated by three intervening variables (awareness of genetic engineering, faith in government and industry, and moral objection to genetic engineering) is analyzed. Moral objection is the strongest predictor of opposition. Opposition is also related to lower awareness and less faith in institutions. Women are more likely to oppose genetic engineering than men. Implications of findings are noted. (original)
Dietz, T. (author), Frisch, A.S. (author), Guagnano, G.A. (author), Kalof, L. (author), Stern, P.C. (author), and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030; Department of Education and Human Services, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901; Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, New York 12901; U.S. National Research Council, Washington, D.C. 22052; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
unknown
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08646
