Public confidence in Canadian institutions
Table 2 Confidence in institutions, by socio-demographic and economic characteristics, 2013 Public confidence in Canadian institutions
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Table summary
This table displays the results of Confidence in institutions. The information is grouped by Socio-demographic or economic characteristic (appearing as row headers), Police, School system, Banks, Justice system and courts, Media, Federal Parliament and Major corporations, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Socio-demographic or economic characteristic	Police	School system	Banks	Justice system and courts	Media	Federal Parliament	Major corporations
Socio-demographic or economic characteristic	percent
Sex
Male^Note †	73	60	56	56	40	35	28
Female	79^Note **	62^Note **	63^Note **	59^Note **	41	40^Note **	32^Note **
Age group (ref. Total)
15 to 24 years	73^Note **	61	67^Note **	61^Note **	34^Note **	50^Note **	34^Note **
25 to 34 years	72^Note **	60	52^Note **	54^Note **	37^Note **	35^Note *	26^Note **
35 to 44 years	78^Note **	62	54^Note **	59	41	36^Note *	29^Note *
45 to 54 years	75	58^Note **	56^Note **	56	40	33^Note **	27^Note **
55 to 64 years	76	59^Note *	58^Note *	54^Note **	42	33^Note **	29
65 to 74 years	78^Note *	63	65^Note **	57	44^Note **	36	33^Note **
75 years and older	85^Note **	70^Note **	78^Note **	64^Note **	54^Note **	44^Note **	43^Note **
Marital status
Married/common law^Note †	78	62	58	58	41	36	30
Separated/divorced	73^Note **	56^Note **	55^Note *	50^Note **	43	30^Note **	27^Note *
Single	71^Note **	60	60^Note *	57	36^Note **	42^Note **	30
Widowed	83^Note **	68^Note **	74^Note **	59	51^Note **	42^Note **	38^Note **
Level of education
Less than high school	76^Note **	62^Note **	67^Note **	58^Note **	45	45^Note **	38^Note **
High school diploma	75^Note **	58^Note **	61	54^Note **	39^Note **	38	30
Post-secondary diploma or certificate	74^Note **	58^Note **	55^Note **	52^Note **	38^Note **	33^Note **	28
University degree^Note †	79	66	59	67	43	39	29
Main activity in the last 12 months
Working at a paid job or business^Note †	74	60	55	55	39	34	27
Looking for paid work	73	60	59	61	36	38	30
Going to school	75	63^Note *	65^Note **	64^Note **	35^Note **	51^Note **	35^Note **
Caring, Household work	80^Note **	64^Note **	64^Note **	63^Note **	46^Note **	46^Note **	37^Note **
Retired	80^Note **	65^Note **	68^Note **	59^Note **	47^Note **	38^Note **	35^Note **
Other	75	56	57	53	42	34	31
Household income
Less than $20,000	71^Note **	59	62	55^Note **	44	41	34
$20,000 to $39,999	75^Note **	60	61	57^Note **	43	39	33
$40,000 to $59,999	74^Note **	59^Note **	58^Note **	53^Note **	39	36	27^Note **
$60,000 to $99,999	76^Note *	62	57^Note **	56^Note **	40	36	28^Note **
$100,000 to $149,999	78	61	56^Note **	58^Note **	38	33^Note **	27^Note **
$150,000 or more^Note †	79	63	63	63	40	38	32
Visible minority
Visible minority^Note †	75	71	67	71	48	56	39
Non-visible minority	76	59^Note **	58^Note **	55^Note **	39^Note **	34^Note **	29^Note **
Aboriginal identity
Aboriginal^Note †	68	53	56	43	33	31	27
Non-Aboriginal	76^Note **	61^Note **	60	58^Note **	41^Note **	38^Note **	30
Immigrant status
Non-immigrant^Note †	75	59	58	54	38	34	28
Longer-term immigrant (immigrated before 2000)	76	68^Note **	64^Note **	69^Note **	46^Note **	46^Note **	33^Note **
Recent immigrant (2000 or since)	83^Note **	75^Note **	69^Note **	79^Note **	52^Note **	63^Note **	44^Note **
Immigrant, length of time in Canada unknown	79	64	67^Note *	65^Note **	45	50^Note **	42^Note **
Mother tongue
English (only and with non-official language)^Note †	76	59	60	55	38	34	29
French (only and with non-official language)	73^Note **	58	53^Note **	50^Note **	40^Note *	35	26^Note **
Both English and French (and with non-official language)	74	49^Note **	49^Note **	55	33	32	23^Note *
Non-official language only	79^Note **	71^Note **	67^Note **	72^Note **	50^Note **	53^Note **	39^Note **
Total - great deal or some confidence	76	61	59	57	40	38	30
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from reference category (p < 0.01) Return to note referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note: Includes those who stated they had a great deal of confidence or some confidence. Responses of don't know/not stated are excluded from the calculation of percentages. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Social Identity, 2013.

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Table 2 Confidence in institutions, by socio-demographic and economic characteristics, 2013 Public confidence in Canadian institutions
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