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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 166. I am going to name some institutions in this country. Some people have complete confidence in the people running these institutions. Suppose these people are at one end of the scale at point number 1. Other people have no confidence at all in teh people running these institutions. Suppose these people are at the other end, at point 7. Where would you place yourself on this scale for: a. Banks and financial institutions?
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | complete confidence | don't know | no answer | no confidence | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 989 | 92 | 98 | 112 | 39 | 32 | 63 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 71906 | 92 | 98 | 112 | 39 | 32 | 63 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 72390 |
1 complete confidence
7 no confidence
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook