- Mexicans widely trust doctors and scientists, while the vast majority distrust politicians.
- The industries that enjoy the most confidence in Mexico and the world are pharmaceuticals and technology.
- While the oil and gas industry, as well as the government, are not very well perceived by the general population.
Doctors have an enormous responsibility on their hands because they are in charge of caring for and attending to the health of others. In order to carry out their work, more extensive training is necessary than the others because 7 years of study at the university and hospitals are required. Although when it comes to specialists then the preparation is even greater.
How are professions and industries perceived by society?
With this in mind, the most recent study by Ipsos entitled “Global Reliability”, carried out in 21 countries around the world, including Mexico, showed the thinking of the general population. The first finding is that the pharmaceutical industry is the one that conveys the most confidence to other people with 34% global acceptance (possibly supported by actions taken in response to COVID-19), displacing the technology industry to second place, with 33%.
Similarly, in Mexico, the sectors that enjoy the most confidence are the pharmaceutical and technological, both with 43%. In contrast, the oil and gas industry only registered 26% each and the government 24%.
Talking about professions, respondents widely trust the doctors and scientists (70%), while the vast majority do not trust politicians (69%).
Little trust in the government
In almost all countries surveyed, the government has a trust “deficit”, that is, a higher percentage of the public considers the government untrustworthy. 69% of the Mexicans surveyed think that politicians in general are not trustworthy (of these, 47% believe that they are very unreliable). Regarding public officials and government employees, 64% think that they are not trustworthy (of these, 43% believe that they are very unreliable).
The evaluation of the government tends to mistrust in Mexico
- 54% believe that, if there is an opportunity, the rulers will take advantage of their power.
- 47% do not believe that it is trustworthy or that it keeps its promises.
- 46% do not believe that it is open and transparent in its actions.
The oil and gas industry is not very well perceived
In Mexico, this industry is not well perceived because 50% of those surveyed believe that they could take advantage of it and 46% do not consider it to be environmentally sustainable. In addition, 49% of those surveyed thought that they have a weak regulation. Spain, Belgium and Great Britain at a global level, are the three countries that show the highest level of distrust in the oil and gas sector: more than half of the public in each of these countries considers that the sector is not trustworthy.
Regarding the global increase in trust in social networks, Mexicans remain reserved, 45% believe that they are well managed. However, at the same time, 48% believe that they could abuse their power. Global trust levels have increased on social media (22% now, in 2021, 16%).
generational trust
Contrary to the widely held belief that different generations are radically different in outlook and beliefs, analysis of the data from the last few years of the study shows a remarkable similarity. First, we see a lot of commonality between how different generations prioritize different criteria to judge whether industries and brands are trustworthy. While there is certainly some variation in the strength of feeling that different generations have for different criteria.
Baby Boomers, for example, are much more likely to prioritize trustworthiness and openness/transparency than younger generations, while Gen Z and Millennials rate lower-priority issues more highly.
Despite these differences, all four generational groups (Baby Boomers, Gen Z, Gen X, and Millennials) view the same four trust drivers: trustworthiness, openness/transparency, accountability, and value for money as the most important and in the same ranking order, although the strength of sentiment varies.
Looking at how generations judge industries in terms of trustworthiness, we see that in general, older generations are more likely to trust an industry less than Millennials and Gen Z.
Baby Boomers and Generation X are less likely to trust financial services, energy, oil and gas, banking, social media companies, and consumer packaged goods than their younger counterparts, with significant differences between the older and younger generations. younger in each case.
For the remaining sectors (tech companies, pharmaceuticals, retail, and government), there is little variation in levels of trust toward each sector across generations.
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