Table 5.
Perception of trust in trust actor, by stakeholder group
| Public | Academic | Government | Business | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | Trust | n ^ | % | 95% LCI | 95% UCI | n | % | 95% LCI | 95% UCI | n | % | 95% LCI | 95% UCI | n | % | 95% LCI | 95% UCI |
| Health Department | Low | 398 | 29.1 | 26.0 | 32.2 | 39 | 13.1 | 9.3 | 17.0 | 2 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 24.7 | 3 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 31.1 |
| Moderate | 644 | 46.2 | 42.8 | 49.6 | 124 | 41.8 | 36.1 | 47.4 | 7 | 36.8 | 14.5 | 59.1 | 9 | 45.0 | 22.6 | 67.4 | |
| High | 297 | 24.7 | 21.7 | 27.7 | 134 | 45.1 | 39.4 | 50.8 | 10 | 52.6 | 29.5 | 75.7 | 8 | 40.0 | 18.0 | 62.0 | |
| Scientists | Low | 322 | 23.7 | 20.8 | 26.6 | 28 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 12.8 | 1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 15.6 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| Moderate | 614 | 44.3 | 40.9 | 47.7 | 101 | 34.0 | 28.6 | 39.4 | 4 | 21.1 | 2.2 | 39.9 | 8 | 40.0 | 18.0 | 62.0 | |
| High | 400 | 32.0 | 28.8 | 35.2 | 168 | 56.6 | 50.9 | 62.2 | 14 | 73.7 | 53.3 | 94.0 | 11 | 55.0 | 32.6 | 77.4 | |
| Journalists | Low | 778 | 56.4 | 53.0 | 59.8 | 176 | 59.9 | 54.2 | 65.5 | 12 | 66.7 | 44.2 | 89.1 | 7 | 85.0 | 68.9 | 100.0 |
| Moderate | 484 | 37.9 | 34.6 | 41.2 | 96 | 32.7 | 27.3 | 38.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 2.4 | 42.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 23.5 | |
| High | 76 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 22 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 2 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 26.1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 14.8 | |
| Politicians | Low | 1019 | 74.9 | 71.8 | 77.9 | 191 | 64.7 | 59.3 | 70.2 | 9 | 47.4 | 24.3 | 70.5 | 18 | 85.7 | 70.4 | 100.0 |
| Moderate | 288 | 22.5 | 19.6 | 25.5 | 89 | 30.2 | 24.9 | 35.4 | 6 | 31.6 | 10.1 | 53.1 | 3 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 29.6 | |
| High | 31 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 15 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 4 | 21.1 | 2.2 | 39.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
^n = number of respondents (don’t know/refused removed).