Chapman Survey of American Fears, Wave 1 (2014)

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CANTRUST (Weighted by WEIGHT) Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in life?   1) Most people can be trusted   2) You can't be too careful in life   3) It all depends

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Most people can be trusted	341	22.2%	22.2%
You can't be too careful in life	634	41.3%	63.5%
It all depends	561	36.5%	100%
Missing	32

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

Variable Comparisons

Religion Age Education Race Gender Family income Marital status Region

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Christian (neither Protestant nor Catholic)	Other	None	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	22.8% 129	28.3% 102	13.1% 23	21.0% 33	19.5% 54	22.2% 341
You can't be too careful in life	39.5% 224	43.8% 158	46.9% 82	42.7% 67	37.2% 103	41.2% 634
It all depends	37.7% 214	28.0% 101	40.0% 70	36.3% 57	43.3% 120	36.6% 562
TOTAL	100.0% 567	100.0% 361	100.0% 175	100.0% 157	100.0% 277	1537

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-44	45-59	60+	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	15.7% 51	19.5% 77	21.9% 91	30.3% 122	22.2% 341
You can't be too careful in life	45.4% 147	41.6% 164	41.8% 174	37.1% 149	41.3% 634
It all depends	38.9% 126	38.8% 153	36.3% 151	32.6% 131	36.5% 561
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 394	100.0% 416	100.0% 402	1536

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Some college	Bachelor's degree or higher	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	12.2% 23	17.5% 79	20.1% 90	33.0% 148	22.1% 340
You can't be too careful in life	56.6% 107	49.4% 223	41.2% 184	26.9% 121	41.3% 635
It all depends	31.2% 59	33.0% 149	38.7% 173	40.1% 180	36.5% 561
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 451	100.0% 447	100.0% 449	1536

Race (I-RACE)

	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	Other, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	24.0% 245	7.8% 14	23.3% 27	25.5% 56	22.3% 342
You can't be too careful in life	39.4% 403	50.8% 91	37.1% 43	44.1% 97	41.2% 634
It all depends	36.6% 374	41.3% 74	39.7% 46	30.5% 67	36.5% 561
TOTAL	100.0% 1022	100.0% 179	100.0% 116	100.0% 220	1537

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	21.4% 158	23.0% 183	22.2% 341
You can't be too careful in life	45.2% 334	37.6% 300	41.3% 634
It all depends	33.4% 247	39.4% 314	36.5% 561
TOTAL	100.0% 739	100.0% 797	1536

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $19,999	$20,000 to $34,999	$35,000 to $59,999	$60,000 to $99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	13.1% 29	20.0% 46	23.9% 78	20.0% 70	28.9% 118	22.2% 341
You can't be too careful in life	42.3% 94	42.6% 98	42.6% 139	45.4% 159	35.2% 144	41.2% 634
It all depends	44.6% 99	37.4% 86	33.4% 109	34.6% 121	35.9% 147	36.6% 562
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 230	100.0% 326	100.0% 350	100.0% 409	1537

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed, divorced, separated	Never married	Living with partner	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	24.0% 189	28.6% 69	18.4% 71	9.2% 11	22.1% 340
You can't be too careful in life	40.2% 317	38.6% 93	42.7% 165	49.6% 59	41.3% 634
It all depends	35.9% 283	32.8% 79	38.9% 150	41.2% 49	36.5% 561
TOTAL	100.0% 789	100.0% 241	100.0% 386	100.0% 119	1535

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Most people can be trusted	19.6% 55	21.8% 73	21.0% 119	26.5% 94	22.2% 341
You can't be too careful in life	46.4% 130	43.6% 146	44.7% 254	29.6% 105	41.3% 635
It all depends	33.9% 95	34.6% 116	34.3% 195	43.9% 156	36.5% 562
TOTAL	100.0% 280	100.0% 335	100.0% 568	100.0% 355	1538