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.