And in your opinion, about how many government administrators in America are involved in corruption?
How many government administrators are involved in corruption · Asked in 2 waves, 2006–2016 · 2,908 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Almost none | A few | Some | Quite a lot | Almost all | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 1,390 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,518 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 3% |
| 25% |
| 39% |
| 24% |
| 9% |
| 1390 |
| ±3 |
| Less than high school | 5% | 28% | 29% | 25% | 13% | 169 | ±10 |
| High school | 3% | 25% | 34% | 24% | 15% | 415 | ±6 |
| Some college | 2% | 18% | 41% | 30% | 8% | 388 | ±6 |
| Bachelor's | 2% | 27% | 48% | 19% | 4% | 263 | ±7 |
| Postgraduate | 2% | 35% | 43% | 18% | 3% | 151 | ±10 |
General Social Survey 2016 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.