Trust in Government Index 1958-2004
AVERAGE AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS FOR:      AVERAGE SCORE ON INDEX

AVG. OF GROUP:	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
Males	51	**	**	52	60	43	39	38	30	31	30	27	32	37	46	35	29	28	26	32	36	36	43	37
Females	49	**	**	51	62	47	40	38	29	30	29	27	31	38	47	33	30	29	26	32	33	37	44	38
	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
Whites	49	**	**	51	60	44	40	39	30	31	29	26	31	38	48	34	28	27	25	31	33	37	44	38
Blacks	50	**	**	57	69	54	33	28	24	27	32	34	33	35	40	30	28	30	31	36	35	35	40	32
	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
Grade School	49	**	**	50	59	41	33	35	26	29	32	27	32	40	44	31	31	34	31	34	38	32	44	35
High School	49	**	**	53	61	46	41	37	28	29	28	26	32	37	47	33	30	29	27	31	34	36	44	37
Some College, no Degree	50	**	**	50	62	45	42	40	33	31	29	25	28	37	45	34	27	27	24	30	33	35	42	37
College Degree/ Post-grad	52	**	**	52	64	50	41	41	34	35	32	29	34	39	49	37	29	28	26	34	36	40	44	38
	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
Income 0-16 Percentile	49	**	**	50	58	46	35	37	30	33	30	31	32	38	44	32	32	33	31	38	37	36	**	37
Income 17-33 Percentile	49	**	**	51	58	43	36	35	22	30	30	26	32	37	47	32	29	29	26	30	36	34	**	35
Income 34-67 Percentile	51	**	**	53	62	45	38	37	31	30	28	26	30	37	47	33	29	27	26	29	33	35	**	39
Income 68-95 Percentile	50	**	**	52	63	47	43	40	30	31	30	26	32	38	49	37	30	28	25	32	33	38	**	39
Income 96-100 Percentile	50	**	**	54	63	45	43	45	38	33	32	26	33	42	49	42	30	28	28	35	34	38	**	35
	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
Professionals	51	**	**	51	**	45	41	41	33	32	30	28	32	38	47	35	29	28	27	33	35	38	**	35
White Collar	51	**	**	52	**	46	42	38	30	31	29	24	31	36	49	34	31	28	24	30	34	36	**	38
Blue Collar	49	**	**	52	**	42	38	34	27	27	29	26	31	37	45	32	27	27	26	31	33	34	**	37
Unskilled	48	**	**	60	**	50	31	33	26	33	28	31	30	33	41	30	33	26	29	31	33	37	**	29
Farmers	48	**	**	52	**	41	29	34	30	33	32	18	31	39	40	31	28	37	27	31	43	43	**	34
Housewives	49	**	**	51	**	48	40	39	29	32	28	26	31	41	48	36	29	31	26	30	31	37	**	44
	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
Union Households	48	**	**	54	61	45	40	35	29	28	29	26	32	34	47	33	28	25	26	30	34	36	45	36
Non-Union Households	50	**	**	51	61	45	39	39	30	31	30	27	31	39	47	34	29	29	26	32	34	36	43	37
	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
South	48	**	**	50	55	43	36	37	28	30	31	27	32	37	47	33	29	31	29	33	36	34	43	38
Nonsouth	50	**	**	52	63	46	41	38	30	31	29	26	31	38	47	34	29	27	25	31	34	38	44	37
	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
Born 1975 or later	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	42	30	32	42	39	43	36
Born 1959-1974	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	35	34	39	40	46	38	33	30	27	31	34	35	43	37
Born 1943-1958	**	**	**	51	68	49	43	39	32	30	30	25	30	38	45	32	28	28	25	32	32	36	43	38
Born 1927-1942	51	**	**	54	65	48	41	37	28	30	28	27	30	36	48	36	27	29	25	32	33	37	44	36
Born 1911-1926	50	**	**	51	61	43	39	37	27	30	29	26	31	35	48	33	25	25	30	33	35	36	46	40
Born 1895-1910	47	**	**	49	58	42	35	37	28	32	28	28	32	39	45	27	34	32	26	33	32	34	53	**
Born before 1895	49	**	**	50	50	45	37	41	31	35	39	30	39	8	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	**
	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
Democrats (incl leaners)	48	**	**	55	66	48	38	34	29	28	31	29	30	34	44	31	28	28	28	33	36	38	41	32
Independents & Apolitical	50	**	**	46	55	39	37	36	25	29	27	26	28	39	43	30	30	26	23	29	30	33	37	35
Republicans (incl leaners)	52	**	**	46	55	43	42	43	33	35	28	24	34	41	51	38	31	30	25	30	33	35	48	44
	'58	'60	'62	'64	'66	'68	'70	'72	'74	'76	'78	'80	'82	'84	'86	'88	'90	'92	'94	'96	'98	'00	'02	'04
Liberals	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	33	29	28	30	30	31	35	43	32	28	28	27	35	35	41	42	31
Moderates	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	39	31	30	27	25	32	37	49	33	29	29	26	31	35	43	43	36
Conservatives	**	**	**	**	**	**	**	41	30	32	28	24	30	39	49	35	28	28	25	30	34	35	46	41

    ___   (underline) indicates 50 or fewer total respondents within group
    **     indicates question not asked or no cases within group

table 5A.5.1
Source: The National Election Studies
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(Table generated: 07DEC05)