Entry:

Paxton, Pamela, “trust in decline?,” Contexts, 4 (Winter, 2005), 40-46.


Abstract:

This article explores the decline of trust in America. Trust in individuals has been gradually declining, while trust in institutions is tied in more closely to current events in society. Paxton hopes that by building and rebuilding trust in institutions we can rebuild more trust in others.

GSS Years:

972-2002

Other Data Sets:

National Election Survey

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
EZINES

Variable Label could not be found

FAIR

PEOPLE FAIR OR TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE

TRUST

CAN PEOPLE BE TRUSTED

CONFINAN

CONFID IN BANKS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

CONARMY

CONFIDENCE IN MILITARY