Predictors of public attitudes toward controversial science 1979–1990

Business & Economics

• Public Attitudes 100%
• Predictors 79%
• Genetic Engineering 38%
• Nuclear Power 38%
• Polarization 33%
• Individual Factors 21%
• Education 17%
• Scientific Knowledge 17%
• National Survey 16%
• Political Ideology 16%
• Literacy 16%
• Climate Change 15%
• Social Factors 15%
• Inconsistency 14%
• Religiosity 13%
• Food 11%

Social Sciences

• public attitudes 83%
• genetic engineering 50%
• nuclear power 38%
• polarization 37%
• political ideology 21%
• climate change 15%
• social factors 15%
• Religion 14%
• food 12%
• literacy 12%
• knowledge 12%
• education 11%
• politics 10%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Genetic engineering 59%
• Nuclear energy 38%
• Polarization 33%
• Food additives 33%
• Education 31%
• Climate change 20%