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Personal trust in business and industry or in major private companies on a 0-10 scale; the target wording differs slightly between 2018 and 2021.
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Latest: 23% answered “Low trust” in GSS: Trust in business and industry, 2021.
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSS: Trust in major private companies in America | Trust in major private companies in America Using the following scale ranging from 0 to 10, where 0 means … No trust at all… and 10 means … Complete trust… , please indicate how much trust you personally have in major private companies in America? Caveat: Target is 'major private companies in America', not 'business and industry'; the wording is slightly different | equivalent | 0 - no trust → Low trust; 1 → Low trust; 2 → Low trust; 3 → Low trust; 4 → Moderate trust; 5 → Moderate trust; 6 → Moderate trust; 7 → High trust; 8 → High trust; 9 → High trust; 10 - complete trust → High trust |
| GSS: Trust in business and industry | Trust in business and industry How much do you trust business and industry? Caveat: Reference wording: 'business and industry' | identical | 0 - no trust → Low trust; 1 → Low trust; 2 → Low trust; 3 → Low trust; 4 → Moderate trust; 5 → Moderate trust; 6 → Moderate trust; 7 → High trust; 8 → High trust; 9 → High trust; 10 - complete trust → High trust |