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. 2010 Nov;100(11):2311–2315. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.189134

TABLE 2.

Multilevel Regression Analysis of Associations Between Country-Level Income Inequality and Individual-Level Trust: 33 Countries, 2005–2008

Variable Model 1, B (SE) Model 2, B (SE) Model 3, B (SE)
Constant 0.07** (0.06) 0.01 (0.06) 0.00 (0.06)
Individual characteristics (n = 48 641)
    Age 0.07** (0.02) 0.07** (0.02)
    Gender (female) 0.06** (0.02) 0.06** (0.02)
    Education 0.11** (0.03) 0.11** (0.03)
    Social status 0.06** (0.02) 0.06** (0.06)
Country characteristics (n = 33)
    Per capita income 0.08** (0.07)
    Income inequality –0.12** (0.05)
Level 1 variance 0.96 (0.27) 0.94 (0.26) 0.94 (0.26)
Level 2 variance 0.10 (0.02) 0.08 (0.02) 0.05 (0.01)
Model statistics
Intraclass coefficient 0.09 0.08 0.05
–2 log-likelihood 174 463.20 173 568.20 173 551.40

Note. The 33 countries that provided the sample population are Australia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

**P < 0.01.