ODDS TO TRUST IN OTHERS: INDIVIFUAL AND CONTEXTUAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED TO SOCIAL TRUST

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Keywords:

generalized social trust
inequality
gross domestic product
social integration
multilevel design

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Issue: No. 17 (2018): TS Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, Enero 2018
Section: Artículos de investigación empírica

Abstract

Social trust is fundamental element in the social fabric of a nation. A society which its members trust to each other, tends to be less segregated, presents moral rules of conduct more homogeneous and in consequence, less propensity to break those rules. Using information from ISSP survey Citizenship module (2014), it was designed a comparative multilevel study about 32 countries to answer the question about which individual and contextual factors are associated to generalized social trust. In terms of results, it was found that social status relates positively with trust. This effect is enhanced by more wealth (GDP per capita). However, the inequality in a nation (GINI) is related negatively with trust. Finally, it is argued the relevance of multilevel designs for research strategies, which combine both quantitative and qualitative techniques, as well as combined studies over large N and small N. The Chilean case is revised in relation to the general results.

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Diego Padilla
Padilla, D. (2019). ODDS TO TRUST IN OTHERS: INDIVIFUAL AND CONTEXTUAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED TO SOCIAL TRUST. TS Cuadernos De Trabajo Social, (17). Retrieved from https://tscuadernosdetrabajosocial.cl/index.php/TS/article/view/147

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