Statement

Croatia (Mean, 95% confidence interval)

USA (Mean, 95% confidence interval)

P

Affirmative statements

It is appropriate to use human burials and bones for science popularization and education

4.28 (4.06 - 4.50)

3.53 (3.38 - 3.69)

<0.001

Displaying human burials and bones in a museum appeals to sensationalism rather than intellectual curiosity

3.01 (2.82 - 3.21)

3 (2.84 - 3.16)

0.912

Keeping human bones for research purposes helps us to find out more about how people lived in the past

4.37 (4.21 - 4.54)

4.33 (4.19 - 4.47)

0.726

Keeping human bones in museums for research purposes helps us to find out more about the disease and find better treatments or cures

4.19 (4.04 - 4.35)

3.88 (3.72 - 4.03)

0.014

Displaying human burials and bones in a museum helps us to come to terms with our own mortality

2.99 (2.78 - 3.21)

3.33 (3.15 - 3.50)

0.015

The religion of buried individual should be taken into account while dealing with human burials and bones

3.36 (3.14 - 3.58)

4.04 (3.86 - 4.22)

<0.001

Negative statements

Human burials and bones cannot help in any of future scientific research

1.60 (1.42 - 1.77)

2.22 (2.03 - 2.42)

<0.001

Keeping human bones for research purposes does not produce any useful knowledge

1.52 (1.35 - 1.68)

2.21 (2.03 - 2.39)

<0.001

It is inappropriate to use human burials and bones for future scientific research

1.71 (1.51 - 1.90)

2.67 (2.48 - 2.87)

<0.001

Using human burials and bones for scientific research shows a lack of respect to the dead

1.94 (1.73 - 2.15)

2.88 (2.69 - 3.07)

<0.001

Displaying and keeping human burials and bones in a museum shows a lack of respect to the dead

2.11 (1.90 - 2.32)

3.88 (3.72 - 4.04)

<0.001