Our focus is on the association of trust in institutions with per capita income/expenditure as a measure of affluence. Trust is measured in ordinal levels of confidence: a great deal of confidence, only some, and hardly any. In contrast with state governments, the judiciary emerged as an institution with the highest trust. A large majority, just under 70%, displayed a great of confidence, overall, while a tiny fraction of under 7% reported hardly any confidence. Recent reports suggest a loss of trust in central and state governments for a variety of reasons.

Source: Mint May 27, 2021 17:02 UTC