People can be trusted or cant be too careful

cantrust

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Question 1400. Generally speaking, would you say that people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	can't choose	no answer	people can almost always be trusted	people can usually be trusted	you almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people	you usually can't be too careful in dealing with people	skipped on web	not available in this year	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	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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	1548	37	31	67	538	117	494	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	1340	1	7	55	650	142	617	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	658	4	1	146	457	170	587	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	1274	22	4	37	427	146	628	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	1175	10	3	64	411	136	549	-	-	2348
2021	2029	77	177	71	714	205	750	9	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	1669	95	4	53	515	201	747	25	-	3309
Total	61954	246	227	493	3712	1117	4372	34	3544	75699