Generalized and institutional trust

Planned This chapter has not been written. It is listed so the book shows its full scope.

The question

Have trust in other people and confidence in institutions fallen together?

The data

• General Social SurveyYears: 1972-2024 (35 study years)
• ANES Cumulative Data FileYears: 1948-2024 (33 study years; even years only after 2004; no 2006, 2010 or 2014 study)

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The scope

Individuals Each row of the data is a person, so results describe people and can be compared across groups.

The chapter sits in Part VI, Trust, science and democracy, the great sorting. Its unit of analysis is individuals. See how the book treats evidence.