Table 4 Awareness of survey respondents on ongoing GDMM research in countries
Category | Responses | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Aware of GDMMs (n = 180) | Yes | 138 (76.7%) |
No | 42 (23.3%) | |
Aware of ongoing GDMM research (n = 138) | Yes | 44 (31.9%) |
No | 94 (68.1%) | |
Type of GDMM technology researched in the country (n = 44)a | Population suppression | 41 (93.2%) |
Population replacement | 22 (50.0%) | |
Don’t know | 2 (4.5%) | |
Stage of ongoing GDMM research in the country (n = 44)a | Laboratory | 34 (77.3%) |
Community stakeholder engagement | 18 (40.9%) | |
Confined releases | 8 (18.2%) | |
Large scale releases | 1 (2.3%) | |
Don’t know | 7 (15.9%) |