Social Capital Community Survey, 2006

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TRUST2R (Weighted by FWEIGHT) Social trust (reordered from trust-lower equals more trust)   1) People can be trust   2) Depends   3) Can't be too careful

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
People can be trust	4197	43.4%	43.4%
Depends	425	4.4%	47.8%
Can't be too careful	5049	52.2%	100%
Missing	98

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Race Political ideology Religion Region

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
People can be trust	31.1% 620	41.8% 1210	50.7% 1218	49.2% 726	49.3% 328	43.5% 4102
Depends	4.1% 81	3.9% 114	4.2% 100	5.1% 75	5.9% 39	4.3% 409
Can't be too careful	64.8% 1290	54.3% 1573	45.1% 1084	45.7% 675	44.8% 298	52.2% 4920
TOTAL	100.0% 1991	100.0% 2897	100.0% 2402	100.0% 1476	100.0% 665	9431

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school diploma (including GED) or less	Some college	Assoc. degree (2 year) or specialized technical training	Bachelor's degree	Some graduate training	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
People can be trust	31.6% 1232	41.9% 891	45.6% 515	60.6% 780	61.4% 108	65.8% 630	43.4% 4156
Depends	4.6% 180	4.1% 87	4.5% 51	3.9% 50	5.1% 9	4.1% 39	4.3% 416
Can't be too careful	63.8% 2485	54.0% 1146	49.9% 564	35.5% 457	33.5% 59	30.2% 289	52.2% 5000
TOTAL	100.0% 3897	100.0% 2124	100.0% 1130	100.0% 1287	100.0% 176	100.0% 958	9572

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
People can be trust	44.2% 2048	42.6% 2149	43.4% 4197
Depends	4.5% 210	4.3% 215	4.4% 425
Can't be too careful	51.2% 2373	53.1% 2677	52.2% 5050
TOTAL	100.0% 4631	100.0% 5041	9672

Race (I-RACE)

	White	African American or Black	Asian or Pacific Islander	Native American	Other	TOTAL
People can be trust	50.7% 3394	26.0% 304	41.4% 46	30.6% 34	37.9% 83	46.5% 3861
Depends	4.6% 307	2.9% 34	1.8% 2	2.7% 3	8.7% 19	4.4% 365
Can't be too careful	44.7% 2995	71.1% 831	56.8% 63	66.7% 74	53.4% 117	49.1% 4080
TOTAL	100.0% 6696	100.0% 1169	100.0% 111	100.0% 111	100.0% 219	8306

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Moderately conservative	Middle-of-the-road	Moderately liberal	Very liberal	(Vol.) Something else	TOTAL
People can be trust	40.1% 540	44.1% 1289	43.2% 1216	47.5% 777	45.9% 322	24.2% 15	43.9% 4159
Depends	3.7% 50	4.2% 123	4.6% 130	4.1% 67	3.7% 26	9.7% 6	4.2% 402
Can't be too careful	56.2% 756	51.6% 1508	52.1% 1466	48.4% 793	50.4% 354	66.1% 41	51.9% 4918
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 2920	100.0% 2812	100.0% 1637	100.0% 702	100.0% 62	9479

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Another type of Christian	Jewish	Some other religion	No religion	TOTAL
People can be trust	46.7% 2012	40.1% 968	40.0% 485	49.5% 45	43.6% 106	41.0% 525	43.4% 4141
Depends	4.0% 172	4.3% 103	4.4% 53	5.5% 5	5.8% 14	5.2% 67	4.3% 414
Can't be too careful	49.3% 2123	55.7% 1344	55.6% 674	45.1% 41	50.6% 123	53.8% 688	52.3% 4993
TOTAL	100.0% 4307	100.0% 2415	100.0% 1212	100.0% 91	100.0% 243	100.0% 1280	9548

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
People can be trust	48.0% 1063	51.9% 1062	38.1% 1481	38.9% 591	43.4% 4197
Depends	5.0% 110	4.5% 92	4.1% 158	4.2% 64	4.4% 424
Can't be too careful	47.1% 1043	43.6% 892	57.8% 2249	56.9% 865	52.2% 5049
TOTAL	100.0% 2216	100.0% 2046	100.0% 3888	100.0% 1520	9670