Table 2. Demographics and operationalization of main concepts.

Variables’ description	Mean	S.D.	Range	n individuals (NUTS II)
Generalized Trust: 0 = Can’t be too careful; 10 = Most people can be trusted	4.69	2.48	0–10	23,042 (122)
Trust in Parties: 0 = No trust at all; 10 = Complete trust	3.18	2.35	0–10	22,602 (122)
Trust in the Legal System: 0 = No trust at all; 10 = Complete trust	4.47	2.65	0–10	22,461 (122)
Trust in the Parliament: 0 = No trust at all; 10 = Complete trust	3.95	2.54	0–10	22,505 (122)
Age	49.82	17.96	18–96	23,008 (122)
Male	0.46	0.50	0–1	23,037 (122)
Unemployment (not being employed in the last 7 days)	0.08	0.28	0–1	23,042 (122)
Member of a discriminated group	0.06	0.24	0–1	22,914 (122)
Homicides per 100,000 residents: Number of homicides reported to police/ Resident Population * 100,000	1.21	0.60	0.28–3.10	21,253 (110)
Property crimes per 100,000 residents: Number of robberies and vehicle thefts reported to police/ Resident Population * 100,000	249.55	221.99	23.27–1,088.17	23,042 (122)
European Quality of Government—Corruption Pillar	-0.38	1.19	-2.26–2.22	15,299 (82)
European Quality of Government—Impartiality Pillar	-0.45	1.10	-2.58–2.04	15,299 (82)
Long-term Unemployment: Number of registered unemployed for 12 months or more/Number of active people	4.27	2.77	0.87–12.33	23,002 (121)
Population growth–Crude rate of natural change	0.65	3.35	-11-9.6	23,042 (122)
GDP at current market price: Euro per inhabitant in % of the European average	84.10	52.33	12–251	23,042 (122)
Percentage of people from an Extra-EU country	0.03	0.03	0.001–0.13	23,042 (122)
Percentage of people from another EU country	0.02	0.02	0.001–0.20	23,042 (122)
Percentage of active population holding an upper secondary degree or above	0.74	0.17	0.26–0.97	23,042 (122)
Percentage of economically active people holding a managerial or professional position	0.22	0.06	0.13–0.46	21,403 (111)
Median age of population	40.28	2.19	34.8–46.6	23,042 (122)

Sources: ESS, EUROSTAT, QoG regional data.