Gen Z is the most suspicious generation — just 13% say ‘most people can be trusted’
Gen Z has the lowest interpersonal trust of any generation, with only one in eight teens and young adults believing that most people can be trusted, according to a bombshell new poll. Only 13% of Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) said that they could trust the majority of people, while almost three-quarters (74%) said “you can’t be too careful,” according to a study by political scientist Ryan Burge at Washington University.
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Gen Z has the lowest interpersonal trust of any generation, with only one in eight teens and young adults believing that most people can be trusted, according to a bombshell new poll. Only 13% of Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) said that they could trust the majority of people, while almost three-quarters (74%) said “you can’t be too careful,” according to a study by political scientist Ryan Burge at Washington University. Millennials were slightly less paranoid, with roughly a quarter (24%) agreeing that most people could be trusted and two-thirds (67%) erring on the side of caution, as shown by the polling compiled using data from the General Social Survey between 2021 and 2024. Gen X and Boomers had similar levels of interpersonal trust, with 30% and 29% respectively saying that most people could be trusted.
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- Gen Z has the lowest interpersonal trust of any generation, with only one in eight teens and young adults believing that most people can be trusted, according to a bombshell new poll. Only 13% of Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) said that they could trust the majority of people, while almost three-quarters (74%) said “you can’t be too careful,” according to a study by political scientist Ryan Burge at Washington University.
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