Uogólnione zaufanie i jego instytucjonalne korelaty. Kontekst europejski

Abstract

The aim of the article is to verify the assumption that there is a relationship between institutional trust and generalized trust in European countries. Two dimensions of institutional trust were analyzed: trust in representative institutions and trust in implementing institutions. The first dimension included the assessment of trust in such entities as political parties, parliament, and government. The second dimension included the assessment of trust in the education system, police, civil service, social security system, health care system, and judicial system. The hierarchical linear modeling has been applied to analyze the data from the European Values Study (EVS) survey 2017. This method allowed to include both individual-level variables and country indicators in the statistical models. The obtained results confirmed the existence of a positive relationship between institutional trust (in both forms) and generalized trust.