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<h4>Part I: General Knowledge</h4>
 
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Sample of how data is broken down. <br>
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<p>Disclaimer: Results will be published when the survey is administered.</p>
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Have you heard of bacteriophages? <br>
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12% of the base (sample without any barriers) have heard of bacteriophages. <br>
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There was no significant difference in gender. <br>
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19% 18-34 year olds have heard of them. <br>
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18% of people with an annual income greater than $50,000 have heard of them. <br>
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21% of people with education greater than a bachelors degree have heard of them. <br>
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Prior to this survey, most people had not heard of bacteriophages or synthetic biology,
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but most had heard of GMOs and antibiotic resistance. <br>
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<h4> Part II: Food </h4>
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A: On the whole most people are pretty neutral toward GMOs. <br>
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• Women are generally more concerned than men are about GMOs <br>
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• The largest deterrent from purchasing GMOs are rumors about their safety. <br>
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• The largest driver for purchasing GMOs is price of non-GMO food. <br>
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• 68% of the population believes we should conduct further research before GMOs
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are used to feed the growing population. <br>
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• Wealthy, young, and males are most interestingly the groups that are most likely
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to want GMO products available. Note wealthy people were more likely to not
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buy GMOs for themselves. Willing to give them to others, but not eat them at
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home. <br>
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• Some people will eat naturally occurring bacteria in their food, but there is much
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more concern about eating genetically engineered bacteria. <br>
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• 70% of population believes the FDA should have regulations in place to for
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GMOs. <br>
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• Cheese and yogurt are much more popular choices than mushrooms.
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Women tend to eat more yogurt than men <br>
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<h4>B: Medicinal GMOs </h4>
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• Wealth and education are strong indicators of likelihood of GMO products. <br>
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• 64% of the population is concerned by antibiotic resistance. <br>
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• 56% believe the government should be doing more to combat it. <br>
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• 49% would be willing to use bacteriophages to combat a life-threatening disease. <br>
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o 14% of women would be willing to spend more money on GMO free
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products, while only 8% of men would <br>
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<a href="http://www.tuftssyntheticbiology.com/survey"> Survey Results </a>
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