Importance of ethical issues (Survey 1)
| Item | Mean (1=not important at all, 5=absolutely essential) n=16 | SD |
| Potential to stigmatise identifiable groups or populations | 5.0 | 0.00 |
| Privacy of individuals whose data are contained in the databases | 4.9 | 0.35 |
| Validity of big data analytic tools | 4.4 | 0.50 |
| Potential bias introduced by big data analytic tools | 4.3 | 0.70 |
| Alignment of the interests of scientists, funding agency and the intended beneficiaries | 4.1 | 0.70 |
| Benefit sharing between scientists and survey respondents | 4.0 | 0.90 |
| Power and economic disparities between scientists and survey respondents | 3.8 | 0.75 |