Team:Tufts/survey

Part I: General Knowledge

Sample of how data is broken down.
Have you heard of bacteriophages?
12% of the base (sample without any barriers) have heard of bacteriophages.
There was no significant difference in gender.
19% 18-34 year olds have heard of them.
18% of people with an annual income greater than $50,000 have heard of them.
21% of people with education greater than a bachelors degree have heard of them.
Prior to this survey, most people had not heard of bacteriophages or synthetic biology, but most had heard of GMOs and antibiotic resistance.

Part II: Food

A: On the whole most people are pretty neutral toward GMOs.
• Women are generally more concerned than men are about GMOs
• The largest deterrent from purchasing GMOs are rumors about their safety.
• The largest driver for purchasing GMOs is price of non-GMO food.
• 68% of the population believes we should conduct further research before GMOs are used to feed the growing population.
• Wealthy, young, and males are most interestingly the groups that are most likely to want GMO products available. Note wealthy people were more likely to not buy GMOs for themselves. Willing to give them to others, but not eat them at home.
• Some people will eat naturally occurring bacteria in their food, but there is much more concern about eating genetically engineered bacteria.
• 70% of population believes the FDA should have regulations in place to for GMOs.
• Cheese and yogurt are much more popular choices than mushrooms. Women tend to eat more yogurt than men

B: Medicinal GMOs

• Wealth and education are strong indicators of likelihood of GMO products.
• 64% of the population is concerned by antibiotic resistance.
• 56% believe the government should be doing more to combat it.
• 49% would be willing to use bacteriophages to combat a life-threatening disease.
o 14% of women would be willing to spend more money on GMO free products, while only 8% of men would