Super interesting article.

  • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Traditionally I've deferred to the "World Values Survey" by Inglehart, et al. when trying to parse macro level differences between societies because they control and translate the survey very well. I'd usually control for xenophobia, eg China has a large Han majority and the US a declining White majority, which substantially complicates this kind of nation-level data, but the raw numbers are significantly different enough that it's not that important.

    https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp

    Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you need to be very careful in dealing with people?

    China (2018, latest, N=3036)
    Most people can be trusted: 63.5%
    Need to be very careful: 35.7%

    United States (2011, latest, N=2232)
    Most people can be trusted: 34.8%
    Need to be very careful: 64.3%

    I would imagine their Wave 8 (2022->) data for either nation, if surveyed, post-pandemic/now-endemic COVID-19, will see significant slides compared to these snapshots... that's generally been the trend with countries with Wave 7 data captured in the aftermath compared to prior years. It's probably worth noting that like other US-specific/less directly comparable studies, trust amongst the younger generations in the US is lower than older ones. It's typically inverted in Chinese surveys, where the older people are slightly more distrustful than younger people.

      • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, and there's lots more detail in the raw data.

        Could you tell me for each whether you trust people from this group completely, somewhat, not very much or not at all? Your neighborhood

        China (2018, latest, N=3036)
        Trust completely: 15.7%
        Trust somewhat: 67.9%
        Do not trust very much: 15.3%
        Do not trust at all: 0.7%

        United States (2011, latest, N=2232)
        Trust completely: 8.1%
        Trust somewhat: 63.9%
        Do not trust very much: 20.8%
        Do not trust at all: 5.7%


        [H]ow much confidence [do] you have in [Labour Unions]?

        China (2018, latest, N=3036)
        A great deal: 8.5%
        Quite a lot: 58.1%
        Not very much: 27.3%
        None at all: 2.7%

        United States (2011, latest, N=2232)
        A great deal: 3.1%
        Quite a lot: 21.5%
        Not very much: 49.5%
        None at all: 23.8%