Trust in Government Agencies in the Time of COVID-19

Scott E. Robinson (University of Oklahoma),Kuhika Gupta (University of Oklahoma),Joseph Ripberger (University of Oklahoma),Jennifer A. Ross (University of Oklahoma),Andrew Fox (University of Oklahoma)

Trust in Government Agencies in the Time of COVID-19
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
11 November 2021
Pages
75
ISBN
9781108959551

Trust in Government Agencies in the Time of COVID-19

Scott E. Robinson (University of Oklahoma),Kuhika Gupta (University of Oklahoma),Joseph Ripberger (University of Oklahoma),Jennifer A. Ross (University of Oklahoma),Andrew Fox (University of Oklahoma)

As the US faced its lowest levels of reported trust in government, the COVID-19 crisis revealed the essential service that various federal agencies provide as sources of information. This Element explores variations in trust across various levels of government and government agencies based on a nationally-representative survey conducted in March of 2020. First, it examines trust in agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, state health departments, and local health care providers. This includes variation across key characteristics including party identification, age, and race. Second, the Element explores the evolution of trust in health-related organizations throughout 2020 as the pandemic continued. The Element concludes with a discussion of the implications for agency-specific assessments of trust and their importance as we address historically low levels of trust in government. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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