On Oct 8, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> While we are at that, I recall results form another survey some
> time ago
> (GSS?) showing that unions are among the least trusted institutions
> in this
> country, far below churches, the military or even the police.
Gallup, probably. They ask the question yearly. Here's the latest, ranked by the sum of "great deal/quite a lot" of confidence. At least unions beat HMOs. The police are more trusted than churches!
Doug
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Now I am going to read you a list of institutions in American society. Please tell me how much confidence you, yourself, have in each one -- a great deal, quite a lot, some, or very little? First, ... Next, [RANDOM ORDER]
Great deal/Quite 2007 Jun 11-14 a lot
The military 69 Small business 59 The Police 54 The Church or organized religion 46 Banks 41 The U.S. Supreme Court 34 The public schools 33 The medical system 31 The Presidency 25 Television news 23 Newspapers 22 Organized labor 19 The criminal justice system 19 Big business 18 Health Maintenance Organizations, HMO 15 Congress 14
history, organized labor
1973 30 1975 38 1977 39 1979 36 1981 28 1983 26 1984 30 1985 28 1986 29 1987 26 1988 26 1990 27 1991 22 1991 25 1993 26 1994 26 1995 26 1996 25 1997 23 1998 26 1999 28 2000 25 2001 26 2002 26 2003 28 2004 31 2005 24 2006 24 2007 19