People can be trusted or cant be too careful

cantrust

Source

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

Details

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

Values

• [1] people can almost always be trusted

• [2] people can usually be trusted

• [3] you usually can't be too careful in dealing with people

• [4] you almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people

• [NA(d)] can't choose [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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1998, 2004, 2014
B/C/-	2008, 2018, 2021, 2024

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for cantrust.

Counts by year:

year	iap	people can almost always be trusted	people can usually be trusted	you usually can't be too careful in dealing with people	you almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people	can't choose	no answer	skipped on web	not available in this year	Total
1998	1548	67	538	494	117	37	31	-	-	2832
2004	1340	55	650	617	142	1	7	-	-	2812
2008	658	146	457	587	170	4	1	-	-	2023
2014	1274	37	427	628	146	22	4	-	-	2538
2018	1175	64	411	549	136	10	3	-	-	2348
2021	2029	71	714	750	205	77	177	9	-	4032
2024	1669	53	515	747	201	95	4	25	-	3309
Total	9693	493	3712	4372	1117	246	227	34	0	19894

See also

Other ISSP Religion: antirel, befair, godright, perright, religcon, religinf, religint, socright, trustsci

Other People: befair