城市居民信任的构成及影响因素

The Composition of Urban Residents’ Trust and Its Influencing Factors

根据2004年底在厦门市抽样调查的数据,本文探讨了城市居民信任的结构及其影响因素。因子分析表明,城市居民的信任由普遍信任、一般信任和特殊信任三个部分构成,其中普遍信任最低,一般信任居中,特殊信任最高。多元回归分析表明,普遍信任除受性别、年龄、收入等因素的影响外,社团的参与具有非常重要的影响,但社团参与对一般信任和特殊信任的影响并不具有显著性。因此,在中国城市社会要培育普遍信任,就应该让居民更多地参与社团。

Based on the 2004 survey data in Xiamen, this paper ilustrates the composition of urban residents’ trust and its influencing factors. Factor analysis discovers three factors in urban residents’ trust: universal trust, general trust, and special trust, among which universal trust is the lowest, special trust the highest, and general trust in between. Multiple regression analysis shows that, besides predictor variables such as sex, age and income, universal trust is significantly associated with social group participation. However, social group participation is independent of general trust or special trust. In order to build stronger universal trust among urban residents in China, it is very important to facilitate their social group participation.