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trust5

Source

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

Details

Question B1. Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people? please tell me what you think, where 1 means you can't be too careful and 5 means most people can be trusted.

Values

  • [1] you can't be too careful

  • [5] most people can be trusted

  • [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

ballotsyears
A/B2010, 2021

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for trust5.

Counts by year:

yeariapyou can't be too careful234most people can be trustedcan't chooseno answerskipped on webnot available in this yearTotal
2010614388187380286162234--2044
20212003355286644373170411546-4032
Total2617743473102465933264158606076

See also

Other ISSP Environment: enprbfam, enprbus, fair5, futenrgy, grncon, knowsol, knwcause, topprob1, topprob2

Other People: fair5