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Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?
Whether most people can be trusted, volunteered option · Asked in 3 waves, 2021–2024 · 2,530 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 | Most people can be trusted | Depends (phone mode only: volunteered) | Can't be too careful | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 593 |
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 578 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 1,359 |
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.
| 16% |
| 40% |
| 45% |
| 593 |
| ±6 |
| Lower income | 9% | 43% | 48% | 156 | ±11 |
| Middle income | 16% | 40% | 44% | 203 | ±9 |
| Upper income | 22% | 38% | 40% | 169 | ±11 |
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.