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trust5

Source

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

Details

Question 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.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	2	3	4	can't choose	most people can be trusted	no answer	you can't be too careful	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	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	614	187	380	286	23	162	4	388	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	2003	286	644	373	41	170	154	355	6	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	65387	473	1024	659	64	332	158	743	6	6853	75699

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