Social Tension Survey 2026: Inequality, Social Status, Social Division, Institutional Trust, Governance Preferences, and Climate Attitudes Across 16 G20 Countries plus Sweden

This study is a cross-sectional, multi-country survey examining how perceived social status, perceived respect, perceived inequality and unfairness, and economic anxiety are associated with perceived national division, long-term institutional trust, preferences for concentrated political leadership, support for economic system change, and climate-policy attitudes. The survey is designed to assess whether individual-level attitudinal patterns are consistent with theoretical expectations linking inequality, insecurity, social tension, trust, and support for long-term collective action. The project is limited to the following 16 G20 member countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States, plus Sweden The following are not part of the preregistered analytical universe: China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the European Union as a unit This registration concerns associational, not causal, hypotheses. Because the design is cross-sectional, all confirmatory claims are limited to statistical associations.