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Table 3 Factors affecting police trust: OLS regression model

From: The impact of Chinese political efficacy and political participation on their trust in the police

 

Regression coefficient

Standard error

Significance

Controlled variables

   

 Gender

−0.029

0.018

0.104

 Age

0.003

0.001

0.000

 Education

−0.050

0.009

0.000

 Registered residency

0.168

0.029

0.000

 Religious or not

0.047

0.028

0.029

 Han nationality or not

−0.129

0.033

0.000

 Class mobility

0.207

0.009

0.000

 Social justice

0.105

0.009

0.000

 Universal trust

0.016

0.006

0.004

 Special trust

0.176

0.009

0.000

Predictive variables

   

 Political efficacy

   

 External efficacy

0.146

0.009

0.000

 Internal efficacy

−0.084

0.010

0.000

Political participation

   

 Rightful resistance

−0.031

0.009

0.001

 Community participation

−0.017

0.009

0.063

 Grassroots election participation

0.125

0.027

0.000

Hukou × grassroots election participation

−0.108

0.037

0.003

Constant

3.321

0.065

0.000

N

9985

Adjust R 2

0.2087

  1. Notes: odd ratio has been listed in the table
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  3. 1 =not trust at all
  4. 2 =somewhat not trust
  5. 3 =between not trust and trust
  6. 4 =somewhat trust
  7. 5 =completely trust