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How widespread do you think corruption is in the public service in America?
How widespread corruption is in the public service · Asked in 3 waves, 2004–2024 · 4,379 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
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 | Hardly anyone is involved | A small number of people are involved | A moderate number of people are involved | A lot of people are involved | Almost everyone is involved | n |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 1,643 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,264 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,472 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
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.
| MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 2% | 18% | 30% | 39% | 11% | 1643 | ±3 | |
| Protestant | 2% | 16% | 30% | 41% | 11% | 724 | ±5 | |
| Catholic | 1% | 18% | 36% | 38% | 7% | 313 | ±8 | |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | ±29 |
| Other faith | 5% | 25% | 26% | 34% | 10% | 109 | ±13 | |
| None | 4% | 21% | 24% | 38% | 13% | 453 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2024 · 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.