| Table 7-7 |
| Public confidence in institutional leaders: 2006 |
| (Percent) |
| |
| |
|
Level of confidence in leaders |
|
Don't
know |
| Type of institution |
|
A great deal |
|
Some |
|
Hardly any |
|
| |
| Military |
|
47 |
|
39 |
|
12 |
|
2 |
| Scientific community |
|
41 |
|
48 |
|
6 |
|
5 |
| Medicine |
|
40 |
|
49 |
|
10 |
|
1 |
| U.S. Supreme Court |
|
33 |
|
49 |
|
15 |
|
4 |
| Banks and financial institutions |
|
30 |
|
56 |
|
13 |
|
1 |
| Education |
|
28 |
|
57 |
|
15 |
|
— |
| Organized religion |
|
24 |
|
51 |
|
22 |
|
3 |
| Major companies |
|
18 |
|
62 |
|
18 |
|
2 |
| Executive branch of federal government |
|
16 |
|
45 |
|
37 |
|
2 |
| Organized labor |
|
12 |
|
56 |
|
28 |
|
5 |
| Congress |
|
12 |
|
53 |
|
33 |
|
2 |
| Press |
|
10 |
|
48 |
|
40 |
|
1 |
| Television |
|
9 |
|
49 |
|
41 |
|
1 |
| |
— = ≤0.5% responded
NOTE: Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center, General Social Survey (2006). See appendix table 7-20. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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