This year 36 percent of respondents rated that trust level “a lota compared to 9 percent in 2010

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While they are by no means a miracle cure, survey results released Friday about the St. (The essence of social capital.)A The short answer: Trust levels are up since the last survey!

The complete report, including survey results from 2004 and 2010,A can be found atA http://bit.ly/1XV7LnE.A Here are a few highlights of this survey compared to 2010 results:

a Social capital increased in Central Minnesota during the past five years, although it is not as high as it was in 2004.

a The percent of respondents who say they trust people from Somalia is 17 percentA higher than in 2010.