Using this grid, please give a score of 0-10 for how much you personally trust each of the institutions named.
0 means you do not trust an institution at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Politicians.

The mean scores exclude respondents who said 'I don't know'.

	%
No trust at all: 0	25
1	10
2	14
3	13
4	12
5	12
6	6
7	2
8	1
9	<0.5
Complete trust: 10	<0.5
I don't know	4
Mean score	2.62

Go to results for men and women, people of different religions, and people of different ages.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
No trust at all: 0	25	24
1	10	10
2	15	13
3	14	13
4	13	12
5	11	13
6	5	6
7	2	2
8	1	1
9	<0.5	<0.5
Complete trust: 10	0	1
I don't know	3	4
Mean score	2.52	2.73

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
No trust at all: 0	15	29	31	29	27	17
1	12	12	13	7	11	7
2	14	14	12	15	14	16
3	15	16	9	15	11	14
4	16	11	9	10	15	14
5	8	9	12	13	10	18
6	3	2	5	7	6	9
7	2	1	2	3	3	3
8	2	0	1	<0.5	<0.5	2
9	0	0	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5
Complete trust: 10	0	1	0	0	0	<0.5
I don't know	14	5	4	1	<0.5	1
Mean score	2.71	2.19	2.32	2.58	2.56	3.21

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
No trust at all: 0	22	23	31
1	9	10	13
2	14	15	13
3	14	12	13
4	13	13	10
5	13	15	10
6	7	6	4
7	3	3	2
8	2	1	0
9	1	0	0
Complete trust: 10	1	<0.5	0
I don't know	4	2	3
Mean score	2.86	2.77	2.12

 

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