Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M2 Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted?   1) Most people can be trusted   2) Some people can be trusted and some people cannot be trusted   3) Most people cannot be trusted   98) Can't choose/Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Most people can be trusted	12510	26.6%	26.6%	-.67
Some people can be trusted and some people cannot be trusted	5408	11.5%	38.2%	-.19
Most people cannot be trusted	29030	61.8%	100%	.3
Can't choose/Don't know	18	0%	100%	46.3

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Household income Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years old	25-34 years old	35-44 years old	45-54 years old	55-64 years old	65+ years old	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	23.5% 2408	24.2% 3090	25.3% 2508	26.1% 1592	27.1% 877	31.8% 630	25.1% 11105
Some people can be trusted and some people cannot be trusted	12.5% 1286	10.0% 1275	10.0% 990	9.3% 565	10.0% 322	7.2% 142	10.3% 4580
Most people cannot be trusted	64.0% 6566	65.8% 8401	64.8% 6432	64.6% 3931	62.9% 2036	61.0% 1209	64.6% 28575
Can't choose/Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 10260	100.0% 12766	100.0% 9930	100.0% 6088	100.0% 3235	100.0% 1981	44260

Education (I-EDUC)

	Illiterate	Elementary and primary (includes elementary school so goes from first grade to eighth grade)	Secondary	BA (completion of college degree)	MA or higher	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	29.1% 2645	24.6% 3129	23.6% 2731	28.3% 3015	33.4% 850	26.6% 12370
Some people can be trusted and some people cannot be trusted	9.5% 867	12.0% 1527	15.9% 1840	10.0% 1067	3.4% 87	11.6% 5388
Most people cannot be trusted	61.4% 5582	63.3% 8037	60.4% 6971	61.6% 6560	63.2% 1607	61.8% 28757
Can't choose/Don't know	0.0% 2	0.0% 6	0.1% 8	0.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 9096	100.0% 12699	100.0% 11550	100.0% 10644	100.0% 2544	46533

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	25.6% 1299	27.0% 1932	28.6% 1969	24.8% 2338	25.3% 3066	26.1% 10604
Some people can be trusted and some people cannot be trusted	11.8% 601	7.1% 505	22.6% 1551	5.7% 539	16.8% 2034	12.9% 5230
Most people cannot be trusted	62.6% 3177	65.9% 4714	48.7% 3352	69.4% 6540	57.8% 7016	61.0% 24799
Can't choose/Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 6	0.0% 0	0.1% 12	0.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 5077	100.0% 7151	100.0% 6878	100.0% 9417	100.0% 12128	40651

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	26.8% 12120	21.4% 282	19.5% 17	28.8% 15	26.6% 12434
Some people can be trusted and some people cannot be trusted	11.8% 5316	6.6% 87	0.0% 0	5.8% 3	11.6% 5406
Most people cannot be trusted	61.4% 27771	72.0% 951	80.5% 70	65.4% 34	61.7% 28826
Can't choose/Don't know	0.0% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 45225	100.0% 1320	100.0% 87	100.0% 52	46684

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	26.8% 6223	26.5% 6281	26.6% 12504
Some people can be trusted and some people cannot be trusted	11.8% 2743	11.2% 2665	11.5% 5408
Most people cannot be trusted	61.4% 14259	62.2% 14739	61.8% 28998
Can't choose/Don't know	0.0% 10	0.0% 8	0.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 23235	100.0% 23693	46928