From 2012.igem.org
Human Practices
Questionnaire in our survey
We conducted a wide survey targeted at the general public, with respondents ranging from high school students to working citizens, in collaboration with the Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT-Kyoto)and Ehime University(Ehime-Japan).
The survey had two objectives. The first was to find how Japanese people feel or think about synthetic biology and its associated issues such as bioethics and safety. The second was to capture the public perception of radiation in Japan. We surveyed people who came not only from biological backgrounds but also from various other fields of study. We also obtained feedback from visitors to our universities' open campus events. In addition, we made an online version of our questionnaire to survey even more people from various walks of life.
The Questionnaire
| 1. When shopping, do you buy "not genetically modified food”?
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- [ Always buy / Tend to buy / Hardly mind / Not mind / I have never seen such an indication ]
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| 2. Have you ever heard the word, "Synthetic biology"?
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- [ YES / NO ]
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| 3. What do you associate with [ genetic engineering and biotechnology ]? (※Please circle all that apply)
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- [ Clone / GM crops (foods) / Patent / DNA / Genome / Medicine / Cosmetic / Bioethics / Virus / Artificial Life / Novel Prize / Environment / Biological weapon / iPS cells / ES cells / Biofuel / Biohazard / The Umbrella Corporation / Others( ) ]
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| 4. What do you associate with [ flies ]? (※Please circle all that apply)
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- [ Dirty / Clean / Harmful / Useful / Cause of the disease / are used in the research of the disease / Flap wings are dissonant / Often see / Others( ) ]
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| 5. Which do you guess [ an incurable disease ]? (※Please circle five that apply)
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- [ Conjunctivitis / Cold / Otitis media / Leukemia / Pollen allergy / Cavities / Stomatitis / Pneumonia / Osteoporosis / Osteomyelitis / Stroke / Parkinson's disease / Disc hernia / Arteriosclerosis / Dystrophy / Encephalitis / Influenza / Asthma / Pulmonary tuberculosis / Heart failure / Hyperlipidemia / Diabetes / Vitamin deficiency / The lack of blood / Hemophilia / Cancer / Lymphadenitis / Others( ) ]
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| 6. Do you know [ leukemia ]?
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- [ Yes / Only hear the word / No ]
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| 7. Which do you guess [ leukemia ]? (※Please circle all that apply)
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- [ Little understand / Scary / Small number of patient / Incurable / Treatable / Get infected / Blood is white / By nature / bombed / bone-marrow bank / visitation is difficult / Cancer / asymptomatic ill / not lead a normal life / Anti-cancer drug / Others( ) ]
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| 8. Do you register a bone-marrow bank?
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- [ YES / NO ]
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| 9. What do you associate with [ radiation ]? (※Please circle all that apply)
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- [ Terrible / Cancer / Nuclear power plant / Useful / Wisdom of science / unnecessary / negative legacy / Little understand ]
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| 10. Please check your knowledge about radiation(※Please check all that apply)
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- □ You know the effect to human body by radiation concretely.
- □ You know the difference of these units, becquerel and sievert.
- □ You know the difference between radioactivity, radiation, and radioactivity substance.
- □ You know the difference between external exposure and internal exposure.
- □ You know the difference of the effect between to adults and to children.
- □ You know radioisotope.
- □ You know that radioactive materials are used in our daily lives.
- □ You know that the discovery of radiation made a great contribution to the progress of science.
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| 11. How do you feel about information on radioactive problem?(※Please circle all that apply)
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- [ completely credible / rather credible / hardly credible / little understand / not interested in it]
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| 12. Do you think about “Nuclear power phase-out”?
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- [ (We should) execute immediately /execute gradually /not execute ]
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| 13. Do you have radiation dosimetry?
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- [Yes /No, and I don’t want it. /No, but I want it. /Either will do. ]
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| 14. Were you changed your opinion about radiation? If yes, please write concretely.
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- [ Yes/ No] [ ]
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| 15. Which technology do you fear, gene recombination or radiation technology?
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- [ both / gene recombination / radiation technology /neither]
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