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  • Jun, 2015

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    Trust in professions

    Q. In general, how much trust do you have in the following professions?

    Total a lot /some trust

    A lot of trust

    Some trust

    A little trust

    No trust

    Don’t know

    Doctors

    81%

    39%

    42%

    14%

    2%

    4%

    Engineers

    68%

    23%

    45%

    20%

    3%

    10%

    Accountants

    49%

    8%

    41%

    34%

    9%

    8%

    Lawyers

    34%

    5%

    29%

    37%

    21%

    8%

    Bankers

    29%

    2%

    27%

    41%

    25%

    6%

    Journalists

    27%

    2%

    25%

    41%

    26%

    6%

    Real estate agents

    12%

    1%

    11%

    38%

    44%

    7%

    Politicians

    11%

    1%

    10%

    33%

    49%

    6%

    From a list of eight professions, a majority of respondents had trust in doctors (81%) and engineers (68%). About half (49%) had trust in accountants – who were considered more trustworthy that lawyers (34%) or bankers (29%).

    Politicians (11%) and real estate agents (12%) were the least trusted.

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