trust
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 163a. Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in life?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | can trust | can't be too careful | depends | don't know | no answer | iap | not available in this year | Total |
| 1972 | 738 | 803 | 56 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 690 | 765 | 44 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 584 | 830 | 64 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 664 | 775 | 56 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 596 | 866 | 66 | 4 | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 665 | 741 | 55 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 296 | 469 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 795 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 700 | 724 | 37 | 4 | 8 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 551 | 876 | 39 | 4 | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 697 | 1045 | 66 | 2 | 9 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 385 | 562 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 484 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 422 | 569 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 502 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 342 | 517 | 39 | - | 1 | 473 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 390 | 573 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 500 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 377 | 630 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 549 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 681 | 1229 | 85 | 7 | 9 | 981 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 650 | 1166 | 99 | 6 | 4 | 979 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 883 | 1326 | 137 | 7 | 5 | 474 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 662 | 1093 | 124 | 9 | 8 | 921 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 310 | 528 | 72 | 2 | - | 1853 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 314 | 507 | 54 | 1 | - | 1936 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 814 | 1521 | 174 | - | 1 | 2000 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 450 | 859 | 56 | - | - | 658 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 458 | 839 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 667 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 431 | 847 | 53 | 7 | - | 636 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 519 | 1076 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 851 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 623 | 1244 | 79 | 5 | 5 | 911 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 492 | 995 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 785 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 306 | 804 | 107 | 2 | - | 2325 | - | 3544 |
| Total | 15690 | 24779 | 2006 | 120 | 75 | 25688 | 4032 | 72390 |
1 can trust
2 can't be too careful
3 depends
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