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Table 5 Perception of trust in trust actor, by stakeholder group

From: Perceptions of risk from nanotechnologies and trust in stakeholders: a cross sectional study of public, academic, government and business attitudes

  

Public

Academic

Government

Business

Actor

Trust

n^

%

95% LCI

95% UCI

n

%

95% LCI

95% UCI

n

%

95% LCI

95% UCI

n

%

95% LCI

95% UCI

Health Department

Low

398

29.1

26.0

32.2

39

13.1

9.3

17.0

2

10.5

0.0

24.7

3

15.0

0.0

31.1

Moderate

644

46.2

42.8

49.6

124

41.8

36.1

47.4

7

36.8

14.5

59.1

9

45.0

22.6

67.4

High

297

24.7

21.7

27.7

134

45.1

39.4

50.8

10

52.6

29.5

75.7

8

40.0

18.0

62.0

Scientists

Low

322

23.7

20.8

26.6

28

9.4

6.1

12.8

1

5.3

0.0

15.6

1

5.0

0.0

14.8

Moderate

614

44.3

40.9

47.7

101

34.0

28.6

39.4

4

21.1

2.2

39.9

8

40.0

18.0

62.0

High

400

32.0

28.8

35.2

168

56.6

50.9

62.2

14

73.7

53.3

94.0

11

55.0

32.6

77.4

Journalists

Low

778

56.4

53.0

59.8

176

59.9

54.2

65.5

12

66.7

44.2

89.1

7

85.0

68.9

100.0

Moderate

484

37.9

34.6

41.2

96

32.7

27.3

38.0

4

22.2

2.4

42.0

2

10.0

0.0

23.5

High

76

5.7

4.1

7.2

22

7.5

4.5

10.5

2

11.1

0.0

26.1

1

5.0

0.0

14.8

Politicians

Low

1019

74.9

71.8

77.9

191

64.7

59.3

70.2

9

47.4

24.3

70.5

18

85.7

70.4

100.0

Moderate

288

22.5

19.6

25.5

89

30.2

24.9

35.4

6

31.6

10.1

53.1

3

14.3

0.0

29.6

High

31

2.6

1.4

3.8

15

5.1

2.6

7.6

4

21.1

2.2

39.9

0

0.0

0.0

0.0

  1. ^n = number of respondents (don’t know/refused removed).