Research Article
Public Perception of Genetically Modified Organisms and the Implementation of Biosafety Measures in Kenya
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the respondents in the baseline survey.
| | Respondents characteristics | Description | Freq. | Distribution of survey responses (N = 216) |
| | Age | 18–30 | 61 | 28.2% | Mean = 2.425926 | | 31–40 | 60 | 27.8% | SD = 1.232911 | | 41–50 | 54 | 25.0% | — | | 51–60 | 25 | 11.6% | — | | 61–70 | 15 | 6.9% | — | | Above 70 | 1 | 0.5% | — |
| | Gender | Female | 75 | 34.7% | Mean = 1.652778 | | Male | 141 | 65.3% | SD = .477193 |
| | Level of education | Postgraduate (masters/PhD) | 121 | 56.0% | Mean = 2.185185 | | Secondary education | 8 | 3.7% | SD = 1.40198 | | Tertiary education (diploma) | 13 | 6.0% | — | | Tertiary education (degree) | 74 | 34.3% | — |
| | Type of organization | National Government | 16 | 7.4% | Mean = 3.60386 | | County Government | 12 | 5.6% | SD = 2.049765 | | Academia | 56 | 25.9% | — | | Research Institute | 13 | 6.0% | — | | NGO/INGO | 20 | 9.3% | — | | Private/industry | 59 | 27.3% | — | | Parastatal | 11 | 5.1% | — | | Farmer/farmer organization | 18 | 8.3% | — | | Consumer organization | 2 | 0.9% | — | | Other | 9 | 4.2% | — |
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