Trust in Professions: Long-term trends

Who do you trust? Ipsos's long-term trends research into the professions the public trust most - and least.

30.11.17

Q Now I will read out a list of different types of people. For each, would you tell me whether you generally trust them to tell the truth or not?

Roll over abbreviations for full profession title

	Doc	Tea	Prf	Jud	Cle	Sci	TV	Plc	Ord	Pls	Civ	TU	Bus	Gov	Jou	Plt	Cha	Cou	Bui	Ban	LG	NHS	Est	Hai	Law	Nur	Eco	Wea	Foo
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Tell the truth
1983	82	79	-	77	85	-	63	61	57	-	25	18	25	16	19	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	84	84	70	68	80	-	72	63	64	52	37	32	32	11	10	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	86	83	70	72	71	63	74	61	56	55	36	27	29	12	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	91	89	79	77	80	63	74	61	60	49	47	39	28	23	15	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	87	85	76	77	78	63	73	60	52	46	47	38	28	21	15	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	89	86	78	78	78	65	75	63	52	46	43	39	27	20	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	91	85	77	77	80	64	71	59	54	47	45	37	25	20	13	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	91	87	74	72	71	65	66	64	53	46	46	33	28	20	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	92	89	80	75	75	69	70	63	55	49	51	39	30	23	20	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	91	88	77	76	73	70	63	58	56	50	44	37	24	20	16	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	92	88	80	75	75	72	66	61	56	51	48	41	31	22	19	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	90	86	78	78	73	65	61	59	52	45	44	38	26	22	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	92	87	79	78	74	72	66	65	60	48	48	45	30	24	19	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	92	88	80	80	71	70	63	60	54	45	44	38	25	16	22	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	88	81	74	72	68	71	62	63	55	39	47	34	29	17	19	14	-	31	-	29	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	89	86	-	82	66	83	69	65	64	50	53	41	34	-	21	18	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	90	86	-	80	71	83	67	66	62	51	55	39	32	19	22	16	-	-	-	31	-	49	22	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	89	86	-	80	67	79	65	68	68	53	59	46	35	22	25	21	47	43	42	37	37	49	25	69	51	-	-	-	-
2016	91	88	-	81	69	80	67	71	65	49	56	43	33	20	24	15	46	43	-	37	-	48	30	68	52	93	48	-	-
2017	91	87	85	81	65	83	67	74	64	50	59	45	36	19	27	17	50	41	-	38	-	-	27	-	54	94	-	76	26
Not tell the truth
1983	14	14	-	18	11	-	25	32	27	-	63	71	65	74	73	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	11	9	12	21	13	-	18	26	21	28	50	54	57	81	84	79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	10	11	12	19	20	22	14	30	28	28	50	56	60	80	76	78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	7	7	10	16	14	27	17	31	28	35	41	47	60	70	79	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	9	10	11	15	16	25	18	33	34	35	40	47	60	72	78	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	7	10	10	15	15	22	17	27	34	34	45	46	61	73	75	77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	6	10	11	15	14	23	19	31	31	35	42	49	62	72	79	73	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	6	8	11	19	20	22	24	26	32	34	41	53	60	73	75	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	5	7	9	16	17	19	20	28	29	30	37	44	58	70	72	71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	6	8	10	16	18	18	25	32	31	31	43	46	63	71	77	73	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	5	7	8	16	17	16	21	29	29	29	37	42	56	70	72	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	6	9	10	14	17	22	27	31	33	32	43	45	62	71	75	76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	6	8	9	14	17	16	24	27	27	32	39	40	59	74	70	73	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	5	8	9	13	19	20	27	31	33	38	43	49	66	79	72	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	8	12	13	17	20	17	26	27	25	37	34	46	55	74	70	80	-	57	-	62	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	9	11	-	13	27	11	24	28	26	34	38	47	57	-	72	77	-	-	-	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	8	11	-	15	24	14	27	29	30	37	38	51	62	76	72	80	-	-	-	65	-	-	73	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	10	11	-	16	27	15	30	29	26	34	32	42	55	72	70	74	43	50	51	59	53	43	68	23	41	-	-	-	-
2016	8	9	-	16	26	15	28	27	29	42	39	48	60	76	71	82	46	52	-	58	-	46	65	26	44	6	45	-	-
2017	7	11	9	15	30	13	29	23	30	43	35	49	60	78	69	80	45	55	-	59	-	-	70	-	41	5	-	22	67
Don't know
1983	4	7	-	5	4	-	12	7	16	-	12	11	10	10	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	5	7	18	11	7	-	10	11	15	20	13	86	11	8	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	4	6	18	9	9	15	12	9	16	17	14	17	11	8	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	2	4	11	4	6	10	9	7	11	16	12	13	12	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	4	5	13	8	6	12	10	8	14	19	14	15	12	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	3	5	12	7	7	13	8	10	14	19	12	15	13	7	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	2	5	11	8	5	13	11	10	15	17	14	14	13	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	2	5	15	9	9	13	10	9	15	20	13	13	12	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	3	5	11	8	8	12	10	10	17	21	13	17	13	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	4	4	13	8	9	12	12	10	14	19	13	16	13	9	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	3	5	12	10	9	13	13	10	15	21	15	17	14	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	4	5	12	8	10	13	12	10	15	22	13	17	11	8	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	2	5	12	8	8	12	10	8	13	19	12	15	11	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	3	4	11	8	10	10	9	9	13	17	12	12	10	5	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	4	7	13	12	12	13	12	10	20	24	19	20	16	9	11	6	-	12	-	9	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	2	3	-	5	7	7	7	7	10	16	9	13	9	-	7	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	2	3	-	5	5	4	6	4	8	11	7	9	6	5	6	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	1	3	-	4	6	6	5	3	6	13	8	12	10	6	5	5	10	7	7	5	10	8	7	8	8	-	-	-	-
2016	1	3	-	3	5	5	5	2	6	9	5	8	6	4	5	4	8	5	-	5	-	7	5	6	4	1	8	-	-
2017	2	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	5	7	5	6	5	3	4	3	5	4	-	3	-	-	3	-	4	*	-	1	7

Base: c.1,000 British adults aged 15+ each year (for 2005, UK data are also available) interviewed face-to-face

N.B. 2013 data is based on telephone interviews with a representative sample of 1,000 adults aged 15+ across Great Britain

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