Table 2.

Tabulation of cantons Source Elaboration of the author based on SHP 2004–2021

	Trust models (waves 2004–2021)				Optimism Models (waves 2006, 2012)
	Childless		Parents		Childless		Parents
Canton	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
AG Argovia	1257	9.47	303	6.74	102	8.88	36	9.28
AI Appenzell Inner-Rhodes	14	0.11	11	0.24	3	0.26	1	0.26
AR Appenzell Outer-Rhodes	94	0.71	16	0.36	5	0.44	4	1.03
BE Berne	1676	12.63	552	12.28	151	13.14	38	9.79
BS Basle-Town	307	2.31	75	1.67	27	2.35	6	1.55
BL Basle-Country	408	3.07	163	3.63	35	3.05	12	3.09
FR Fribourg	567	4.27	236	5.25	55	4.79	25	6.44
GE Geneva	564	4.25	232	5.16	54	4.70	24	6.19
GL Glarus	70	0.53	15	0.33	7	0.61	2	0.52
GR Grisons	227	1.71	109	2.43	12	1.04	9	2.32
JU Jura	37	0.28	30	0.67			3	0.77
LU Lucerne	899	6.77	312	6.94	86	7.48	20	5.15
NE Neuchatel	559	4.21	185	4.12	60	5.22	11	2.84
NW Nidwalden	54	0.41	14	0.31	6	0.52	3	0.77
OW Obwalden	46	0.35	15	0.33	5	0.44
SG St. Gall	622	4.69	173	3.85	49	4.26	17	4.38
SH Schaffhausen	83	0.63	37	0.82	4	0.35	3	0.77
SO Solothurn	431	3.25	131	2.91	35	3.05	13	3.35
SZ Schwyz	255	1.92	82	1.82	26	2.26	5	1.29
TG Thurgovia	283	2.13	90	2.00	23	2.00	5	1.29
TI Ticino	407	3.07	186	4.14	34	2.96	17	4.38
UR Uri	75	0.57	14	0.31	8	0.70
VD Vaud	1438	10.83	471	10.48	112	9.75	41	10.57
VS Valais	355	2.67	166	3.69	38	3.31	12	3.09
ZG Zug	153	1.15	55	1.22	13	1.13	4	1.03
ZH Zurich	2391	18.02	821	18.27	199	17.32	77	19.85
Total	13,272	100.00	4494	100.00	1149	100.00	388	100.00