Table 1.
Effect of perceived polarization on generalized social trust: fixed-effect estimates
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in | ||
| Perceived polarization | − 0.096** | − 0.087* |
| (0.035) | (0.037) | |
| Changes in | ||
| Personal financial situation | − 0.101*** | |
| (0.023) | ||
| Issue attitude extremity | − 0.067 | |
| (0.041) | ||
| Intensity of affect toward Donald Trump | − 0.035 | |
| (0.022) | ||
| Partisan strength | 0.017 | |
| (0.029) | ||
| Ideological strength | − 0.014 | |
| (0.022) | ||
| Perceived discrimination against own gender | − 0.029 | |
| (0.034) | ||
| Perceived discrimination against own race | 0.020 | |
| (0.032) | ||
| Wave 2 (2017) | 0.039** | 0.032* |
| (0.013) | (0.013) | |
| Wave 3 (2018) | 0.018 | 0.016 |
| (0.013) | (0.015) | |
| Wave 4 (2019) | 0.005 | 0.004 |
| (0.014) | (0.016) | |
| Wave 5 (2020) | − 0.007 | − 0.012 |
| (0.013) | (0.014) | |
| Constant | 0.525*** | 0.634*** |
| (0.026) | (0.046) | |
| N of observations | 6651 | 6167 |
| N of individuals | 1336 | 1237 |
Note: Results from linear fixed-effects panel models. Robust standard errors in parentheses. All variables rescaled to range from 0–1. Weighted to represent the U.S. adult population. Unweighted estimates are very similar (see Online Appendix, Table A2)
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001