EIGE

On a scale of 1-10, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people? (mean score, 18+ population) ta_pubopn_trust__eqls_trust__mean

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Mean score (comparable)
Description:

Calculations are based on microdata from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), coordinated by Eurofound. The survey aims to represent the population of all residents in a survey country aged 18 or older.

The question considered is question Q33 from the 2016 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2016: Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people? The response is chosen on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 You can't be too careful; 10 Most people can be trusted).

The answer is calculated as the mean score on the scale out of all responses given by persons who answered the question (excluding those answering 'don't know' or refusing to answer).

The selection of relevant questions from the EQLS surveys to be included in the database was based on the following criteria:

  • Additionality: EQLS questions were included where they provided additional information compared to other data (such as Eurostat data) included in the database;
  • Policy & research relevance: EQLS questions were included where they were judged to be highly policy relevant and/or showed substantial gender variation in data;
  • Recent data: EQLS questions were included only if they were last asked less than ten years ago; and
  • Sufficient sample size: EQLS questions were included only if there was a sufficient number of respondents to allow for response breakdown by EU Member States and gender.
FI
DK
SE
NL
IE
LU
FR
UK
AT
BE
TR
EU28
IT
ES
DE
EE
MT
HU
RO
SI
PL
PT
LT
LV
ME
RS
CZ
EL
BG
SK
HR
CY
MK
AL
IS
XK
NO
2016
2011
2007
2003
FI
7.4
7.1
7
7.2
DK
7.3
7
7.2
7
SE
6.6
6.4
6.8
6.4
NL
6.2
6.3
6.5
6.1
IE
6
5.5
5.8
5.9
LU
5.9
5.9
5.8
5.4
FR
5.4
5.3
5.5
5.9
UK
5.4
5.5
5.3
5.9
AT
5.3
5.3
4.8
5.9
BE
5.3
5.5
5.6
5.8
TR
5.3
4.9
4.9
4.5
EU28
5.2
5.1
5.2
IT
5.2
4.8
5
5.6
ES
5.2
5.4
5.7
6
DE
5.1
5
4.8
5.6
EE
5
4.8
5.1
5.5
MT
5
4.7
4.9
4.8
HU
4.9
4.3
4.7
5
RO
4.8
5
5.5
5.4
SI
4.8
5.2
5.2
5.5
PL
4.7
4.8
4.8
4.7
PT
4.7
4.3
4.3
5
LT
4.6
4.7
4.4
5
LV
4.5
4.1
4
5
ME
4.5
4.8
RS
4.4
4.6
CZ
4.3
4
4.5
4.8
EL
4.1
4.3
4.2
4.7
BG
4
4.5
4.1
4.4
SK
4
4.2
5.2
4.5
HR
3.8
4.6
4.6
CY
3
1.9
2.6
4.2
MK
3
3.6
3.8
AL
2.4
IS
6.3
XK
4.9
NO
6.5

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable