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Disabled people in Switzerland hold lower trust in political, legal system: FSO

Xinhua, December 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

As the world prepares to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3, the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) found that disabled people in the country have less confidence in both the political and legal system as well as in the police.

Based on 2013 indicators published by FSO on Wednesday, results show that disabled people aged between 16 and 64 years do however take as much interest in politics as the rest of the population.

On a scale of 0 to 10, FSO reported that confidence in law enforcement is lower for those who are disabled (7.0) compared to the rest of the population (7.4).

Similarly, confidence in the judicial system is slightly inferior for disabled people (6.6) when compared with the rest of the population (7.1), while trust in the political system (6.2) is also beneath that displayed by the rest of the population (6.7).

According to FSO, disabled people also registered lower confidence in other people (6.0) compared to their non-disabled counterparts (6.3). Endit