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Year: 2025
Module: Political Attitudes
Variable: TRSCI

Using this grid, please give a score of 0-10 for how much you personally trust each of the institutions named.
0 means you do not trust an institution at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Scientific experts.

The mean scores exclude respondents who said 'I don't know'.

 
%
No trust at all: 0 3
1 1
2 3
3 4
4 4
5 13
6 9
7 17
8 19
9 13
Complete trust: 10 9
I don't know 6
   
Mean score 6.64


Go to results for men and women, people of different religions, and people of different ages.
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Results for men and women

 
%
 MaleFemale
No trust at all: 0 3 3
1 1 1
2 3 3
3 5 2
4 3 5
5 12 14
6 7 11
7 19 16
8 19 19
9 14 11
Complete trust: 10 10 8
I don't know 5 7
     
Mean score 6.71 6.59


 


 

Results for people of different ages

 
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
No trust at all: 0 0 2 5 4 3 3
1 0 1 3 1 <0.5 1
2 2 1 5 5 3 2
3 6 1 6 3 4 3
4 2 4 3 5 3 7
5 5 11 8 16 18 16
6 12 8 6 7 11 9
7 16 16 17 21 19 16
8 25 19 20 17 16 19
9 12 17 12 11 13 12
Complete trust: 10 9 14 8 7 7 8
I don't know 12 6 8 4 4 5
             
Mean score 7.20 7.22 6.38 6.39 6.49 6.54


 


 

Results for people of different religions

 
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
No trust at all: 0 3 3 3
1 1 2 1
2 2 4 3
3 4 5 2
4 6 5 1
5 14 13 9
6 10 10 6
7 18 17 17
8 17 20 20
9 10 8 23
Complete trust: 10 10 6 11
I don't know 7 6 4
       
Mean score 6.62 6.24 7.22


 


 

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