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? (% of respondents, 18+ population) ta_pubopn_trust__eqls_trust__perc

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage (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).

For each response category, the indicator is calculated as the percentage of persons who answered the question using this response category out of all respondents who were asked to respond to this question.

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.
Keywords:
population
FR
MT
LU
IT
BE
ME
EU28
UK
EE
HR
BG
RS
TR
ES
AT
LT
RO
HU
PL
SI
IE
EL
SK
DE
LV
XK
NL
SE
MK
PT
CZ
IS
DK
FI
CY
AL
NO
2016
2011
2007
2003
FR
35.3
45.1
43.9
44.6
MT
42.3
42.9
32
37.8
LU
36.2
41
41.8
33.5
IT
40.8
39.2
39.8
39.3
BE
36
34.2
33.5
34.3
ME
29.8
33.2
EU28
33.5
32.9
34.5
UK
33.1
32.4
34.8
31.3
EE
28.7
32.3
32.5
38
HR
27.1
32.1
35.9
BG
25.6
32
24.1
24.6
RS
26.7
32
TR
40.3
32
31.3
28.3
ES
43.2
31.9
36.3
39.8
AT
29.3
31.6
27.2
35.2
LT
30.2
31.3
34.9
43.2
RO
39.7
30.9
34.3
32.9
HU
30.2
30.6
32.8
38.2
PL
29.7
30.4
35.8
40.7
SI
33.7
30.4
35.1
41.3
IE
28.4
29.9
28.8
33.9
EL
28.1
29.8
28.3
33.9
SK
33
29.7
35.5
33.2
DE
29.3
29.4
30.7
38.8
LV
31.6
28.6
29
36
XK
28.2
NL
28.4
27.4
26.6
32.5
SE
24
26.4
19.9
27.8
MK
20.3
25.6
22.2
PT
35.7
25
31.9
39.6
CZ
32.8
24.5
33.4
31.3
IS
24.5
DK
16.1
20.9
20.2
20.4
FI
12.5
16.9
20.9
18.3
CY
18.7
8
16.3
28.3
AL
11.7
NO
28.3

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