Survey Results

Human genetic engineering: impermissible or permissible?


136 respondents
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What the percentages mean: "Accept or lean toward P: 50% (40%)" means that 50% of respondents endorsed this answer inclusively (including multiple-answer endorsements) and 40% endorsed this answer exclusively (excluding multiple-answer endorsements).

These results should not be used for comparison to 2009 results due to different populations and parameters. For meaningful longitudinal comparisons, see the longitudinal analysis section.

Accept or lean towards:
permissible
74.26% (74.26%)
Reject or lean against:
permissible
0.00% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
impermissible
15.44% (15.44%)
Reject or lean against:
impermissible
0.00% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
0.00%
Accept an alternative view
2.94%
The question is too unclear to answer
5.15%
There is no fact of the matter
0.00%
Agnostic/undecided
2.21%
Other
0.00%
N = 136, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (8 respondents)
Alternative Views

30 target respondents indicated that they accept or lean toward an alternative view. The words used in their responses cluster as follows. These results are not filtered by AOS, region, etc.

  • DEPE (8): depends (7) depending (1)
  • CASE (8): cases (5) case (3)
  • PURP (4): purpose (2) purposes (2)
  • THER (4): therapeutic (4)
  • MEDI (3): medical (3)
  • REAS (3): reasons (2) reasonably (1)
  • CONT (3): context-dependent (1) contextualized (1) controlled (1)
  • INTE (2): interventions (1) intended (1)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: -0.38
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 79 551
Reject 108 166
n: 904
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 296 273
Reject 48 181
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 539 47
Reject 159 81
n: 826
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 47 383
Reject 56 103
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 408 206
Reject 107 149
n: 870
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 190 149
Reject 44 82
n: 465
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 358 189
Reject 95 134
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 200 319
Reject 29 169
n: 717
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 85 550
Reject 92 177
n: 904
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 154 338
Reject 101 98
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 491 106
Reject 141 82
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 189 199
Reject 47 106
n: 541
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 181 360
Reject 130 105
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 268 323
Reject 62 197
n: 850
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 204 384
Reject 146 117
n: 851
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 191 416
Reject 35 212
n: 854
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 110 302
Reject 72 101
n: 585
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 172 262
Reject 37 153
n: 624
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 34 429
Reject 37 160
n: 660
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 157 276
Reject 103 87
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 251 240
Reject 65 135
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 77 456
Reject 60 153
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 156 174
Reject 40 97
n: 467
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 63 324
Reject 49 105
n: 541
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 115 290
Reject 73 80
n: 558
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 104 402
Reject 65 120
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 261 297
Reject 60 164
n: 782
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 133 391
Reject 94 129
n: 747
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 268 221
Reject 125 59
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 94 346
Reject 61 105
n: 606
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 156 249
Reject 32 121
n: 558
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 136 401
Reject 29 203
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 259 326
Reject 149 95
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 19 631
Reject 17 245
n: 912
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 344 307
Reject 95 167
n: 913
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 247 193
Reject 69 97
n: 606
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 126 391
Reject 27 173
n: 717
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 437 207
Reject 161 113
n: 918
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 237 230
Reject 68 125
n: 660
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 122 368
Reject 23 162
n: 675
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 433 204
Reject 152 117
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 122 412
Reject 75 132
n: 741
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 179 392
Reject 102 142
n: 815
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 115 153
Reject 29 55
n: 352
p: 0.0079
r: 0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 245 399
Reject 78 196
n: 918
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 102 521
Reject 21 228
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 105 360
Reject 60 138
n: 663
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 221 286
Reject 49 137
n: 693
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 26 376
Reject 29 131
n: 562
p: 0.0018
r: 0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 302 234
Reject 92 125
n: 753
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 97 540
Reject 15 254
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 104 172
Reject 54 56
n: 386
p: 0.0111
r: -0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 21 472
Reject 13 178
n: 684
p: 0.001
r: 0.12
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 378 115
Reject 136 55
n: 684
p: 0.0011
r: -0.12
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 130 402
Reject 66 139
n: 737
p: 0.0008
r: -0.12
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 46 415
Reject 31 165
n: 657
p: 0.002
r: -0.12
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 459 185
Reject 233 41
n: 918
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 163 267
Reject 41 117
n: 588
p: 0.0041
r: 0.12
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 284 242
Reject 92 131
n: 749
p: 0.0014
r: -0.12
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 113 250
Reject 55 86
n: 504
p: 0.0097
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 141 421
Reject 66 148
n: 776
p: 0.0016
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 127 196
Reject 78 75
n: 476
p: 0.0143
r: 0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 47 327
Reject 11 147
n: 532
p: 0.0105
r: 0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 360 196
Reject 121 104
n: 781
p: 0.002
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 177 286
Reject 83 103
n: 649
p: 0.0049
r: 0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 83 347
Reject 15 144
n: 589
p: 0.0082
r: 0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 120 311
Reject 25 133
n: 589
p: 0.0085
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 36 470
Reject 22 164
n: 692
p: 0.0045
r: 0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 75 239
Reject 15 90
n: 419
p: 0.0291
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 287 364
Reject 141 121
n: 913
p: 0.0013
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 69 318
Reject 31 121
n: 539
p: 0.0145
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 71 467
Reject 17 191
n: 746
p: 0.0041
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 159 289
Reject 81 105
n: 634
p: 0.0089
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 139 506
Reject 40 230
n: 915
p: 0.0018
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 93 398
Reject 62 146
n: 699
p: 0.0074
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 104 172
Reject 28 82
n: 386
p: 0.049
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 184 407
Reject 117 154
n: 862
p: 0.0033
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 421 217
Reject 180 78
n: 896
p: 0.003
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 530 39
Reject 206 23
n: 798
p: 0.0053
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 8 457
Reject 4 178
n: 647
p: 0.0129
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 74 390
Reject 54 138
n: 656
p: 0.0128
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 197 270
Reject 59 120
n: 646
p: 0.0135
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 389 255
Reject 165 109
n: 918
p: 0.0035
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 31 611
Reject 25 245
n: 912
p: 0.0037
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 412 164
Reject 152 92
n: 820
p: 0.0067
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 55 270
Reject 20 133
n: 478
p: 0.0412
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 138 455
Reject 86 179
n: 858
p: 0.0065
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 111 367
Reject 62 129
n: 669
p: 0.0164
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 297 347
Reject 113 161
n: 918
p: 0.0057
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 14 541
Reject 10 214
n: 779
p: 0.0123
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 147 217
Reject 45 100
n: 509
p: 0.0432
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 310 301
Reject 119 156
n: 886
p: 0.0076
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 61 301
Reject 10 128
n: 500
p: 0.0469
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 180 376
Reject 89 136
n: 781
p: 0.0138
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 23 546
Reject 6 223
n: 798
p: 0.0129
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 73 388
Reject 44 150
n: 655
p: 0.0252
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 229 198
Reject 72 86
n: 585
p: 0.0356
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 508 111
Reject 192 65
n: 876
p: 0.0103
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 63 430
Reject 29 162
n: 684
p: 0.0239
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 61 358
Reject 39 145
n: 603
p: 0.0351

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.2
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 604 58
Reject 216 64
n: 942
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 117 390
Reject 20 212
n: 739
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 13 494
Reject 23 209
n: 739
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 38 624
Reject 42 238
n: 942
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 87 582
Reject 57 234
n: 960
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 67 440
Reject 10 222
n: 739
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 45 626
Reject 40 245
n: 956
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 103 533
Reject 71 206
n: 913
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 36 471
Reject 29 203
n: 739
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 10 497
Reject 16 216
n: 739
p: 0.0006
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 89 568
Reject 74 213
n: 944
p: 0.0005
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 13 658
Reject 17 268
n: 956
p: 0.0005
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 9 498
Reject 15 217
n: 739
p: 0.0026
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 5 502
Reject 11 221
n: 739
p: 0.0026
r: 0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 566 91
Reject 213 74
n: 944
p: 0.0009
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 28 643
Reject 5 280
n: 956
p: 0.0015
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 20 642
Reject 22 258
n: 942
p: 0.0017
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 61 446
Reject 9 223
n: 739
p: 0.0059
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 12 495
Reject 1 231
n: 739
p: 0.0063
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 88 419
Reject 56 176
n: 739
p: 0.008
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 43 473
Reject 25 167
n: 708
p: 0.011
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 5 502
Reject 0 232
n: 739
p: 0.0107
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 404 265
Reject 145 146
n: 960
p: 0.0038
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 34 473
Reject 6 226
n: 739
p: 0.0124
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 23 648
Reject 19 266
n: 956
p: 0.0066
r: -0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 17 499
Reject 12 180
n: 708
p: 0.0244
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 358 278
Reject 130 147
n: 913
p: 0.0121
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 96 575
Reject 24 261
n: 956
p: 0.0113
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 175 496
Reject 59 226
n: 956
p: 0.0121
r: -0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 8 499
Reject 8 224
n: 739
p: 0.0306
r: -0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 38 633
Reject 25 260
n: 956
p: 0.0155
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 18 489
Reject 2 230
n: 739
p: 0.0339
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 364 152
Reject 124 68
n: 708
p: 0.0403
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 6 501
Reject 1 231
n: 739
p: 0.0386
r: 0.07
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 26 481
Reject 3 229
n: 739
p: 0.049
r: 0.07
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 101 570
Reject 24 261
n: 956
p: 0.0274
r: -0.07
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 61 610
Reject 37 248
n: 956
p: 0.0284
r: 0.07
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 156 515
Reject 47 238
n: 956
p: 0.0326
r: -0.07
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 19 652
Reject 16 269
n: 956
p: 0.0357
r: -0.06
Human genetic engineering: permissible Yes No
Accept 8 661
Reject 9 282
n: 960
p: 0.0445