Ipsos released its latest report “Interpersonal Trust in the World”, which shows the opinion of more than 22,500 people in 30 countriesin order to measure the perception of the degree of trust that exists among citizens, analyzing factors such as marital status, educational level, socioeconomic level, gender, among others.
On average, of the 30 countries surveyed, 30% say most people can be trusted, with China and India having the highest percentage with 56%. At the national level, only 20% of Chileans adhere to this sloganbeing the third country in Latin America with the lowest score, only surpassed by Peru (17%) and Brazil (11%).
“Only one in five people in Chile believes that it is possible to trust most people. This result is an expression of a strong crisis of interpersonal trust and is also related to a lack of trust towards public and private institutions in the country. And this measurement establishes that it is a phenomenon that is happening with greater intensity in the countries of the Southern Cone, with the crisis of confidence in Brazil or Peru being even more serious”, he comments. Alejandra Ojeda, Manager of Public Studies at Ipsos Chile.
Regarding interpersonal trust and the gender of the respondents, In Chile, men tend to trust others more than women (24% and 16%, respectively). Only in 5 of the 30 countries measured are women more trusting than men: Mexico, Belgium, China, Sweden and Japan.
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“The global trend is for women to trust other people less. This result implies a complex network of causes, where greater visibility and reporting of violence, inequalities of rights and gender discrimination has been the context for a generation of women more empowered and aware of their historical and social condition, but also less trusting of other people who do not correspond to their belonging groups and social support networks. In this regard, it is even more interesting to ask who women are actually trusting today,” says Alejandra Ojeda, manager of Public Studies at Ipsos Chile.
Regarding the age of the people surveyed and their vision compared to the rest, in Chile there are no great differences between the various age groups. Under 35 years old they have 18% confidence, between 35 and 49 years old 20%, and between 50 and 74 years old 21%. In only 5 of the 30 countries, younger citizens are more trusting than older ones.
In relation to interpersonal trust related to household income, Chileans tend to similarly trust people regardless of their salary level, being the citizens with high and medium income (20%) who lead in this topic, followed by those with low income (19%).
Chileans trust people with higher/high education (23%) more than those with medium education (16%). The Netherlands, Belgium, South Korea, Canada, France, Italy, and Germany show a difference of more than 10 points between the percentages of highly educated and mid-level educated who say the majority can be trusted.
versus relationship between marriage and trust in the rest of society, In Chile, married people are more trusting than unmarried people (22% and 19%, respectively). In general, this trend is seen in almost the entire world, with cases like China and the United States where the differences between married people and the rest are up to 14% and 12%, respectively.