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Marozzi: Trust in public institutions

Description

Improving trust in public institutions is central to improve social capital, participation in civic activities and law-abiding behavior and then governmental legitimacy.

Usage

data(Marozzi)

Format

The data are the proportions of citizens of 29 European countries having a positive trust in various public institutions.

Ind_1

Parliament.

Ind_2

Legal system.

Ind_3

Police.

Ind_4

Politicians.

Ind_5

Political parties.

Ind_6

European Parliament.

Ind_7

United Nations.

Details

It is found that Scandinavian countries are the most trustful European countries in public institutions, whereas former communist countries as well as Iberian and Mediterranean ones are much less trustful.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
	data(Marozzi)
	head(Marozzi)
# }