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Public Opinion Quarterly Advance Access originally published online on September 5, 2008
Public Opinion Quarterly 2008 72(3):446-458; doi:10.1093/poq/nfn033
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Trends in U.S. Attitudes Toward Genetic Testing, 1990–2004

Eleanor Singer, Mick P. Couper, Trivellore E. Raghunathan, John Van Hoewyk and Toni C. Antonucci

Address correspondence to Eleanor Singer; email: esinger{at}isr.umich.edu

This research note examines changes in beliefs and attitudes over a 14-year period, from 1990, when the revolution in genomic science was just beginning, to 2004, the most recent time point for which data are available. The analysis makes clear that there is no simple causal path from changes in technology to changes in values and beliefs, at least over the period of time during which we have been able to track this process. At the same time, claimed awareness about the new technology is slowly and gradually diffusing throughout the society.

ELEANOR SINGER, MICK P. COUPER, TRIVELLORE E. RAGHUNATHAN, JOHN VAN HOEWYK AND TONI C. ANTONUCCI the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 409 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Eleanor Singer is Research Professor Emerita; Mick P. Couper is Research Professor, Institute for Social Research; Trivellore E. Raghunathan is Professor of Biostatistics and Research Professor, Institute for Social Research; John Van Hoewyk is Senior Research Associate, Institute for Social Research; and Toni C. Antonucci is Professor of Psychology and Research Professor, Institute for Social Research, all at the University of Michigan. We gratefully acknowledge support for this work by Grant 5 R01 AG023112 from the National Institute on Aging.


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