Confidence in Australian Institutions 1983–2005
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11229093 |
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| Authors | Betsy Blunsdon (corresponding author), Ken Reed |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 445-458 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2010.tb00191.x |
| OpenAlex | W1590645322 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
This paper examines changes in the level of institutional confidence in Australia between 1983 and 2005. The principal aim of the paper is to disaggregate the general trend in social trust and overall institutional confidence. Using data drawn from three waves of the World Values Survey undertaken in 1983, 1995 and 2005 we examine whether social trust and confidence have declined and the differing patterns of confidence for different birth cohorts in Australia. The results show a significant decrease in social trust and a large decline in confidence between 1983 and 1995. There was little change in confidence between 1995 and 2005, but social trust returned to the 1983 level over that period. A cohort analysis shows that the oldest cohort, those born before WWII, reported the largest decline in confidence, while by 2005 the baby boomers (or middle cohort born between 1944 and 1955) were the most confident, with the oldest group reporting the least confidence. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s confidence has been at a much lower level than in the early 1980s
Cohort · Confidence interval · Sociology · Demography · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Medicine · Social Capital and Networks · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods
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