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The Role of Birthplace Diversity in Shaping Education Gradients in Trust: Country and Regional Level Mediation-Moderation Analyses
- Source :
- Social Indicators Research, Geographies of Well-Being and Quality of Life
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022.
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Abstract
- This paper examines between-country differences in why education promotes trust using data from 29 countries (and 146 regions) participating in the OECD’s Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). Results indicate that education is strongly associated with trust and that individuals’ literacy, income, and occupational prestige are important mediators of this association. Contrary to previous studies we do not find that country level or regional level birthplace diversity is associated with average levels of trust. However, education gradients in trust and the extent to which these are due to social stratification or cognitive mechanisms vary both at the country and regional level depending on birthplace diversity. Multilevel mediation-moderation analyses reveal that in countries and regions with greater birthplace diversity there is a greater polarization in levels of trust between individuals with different educational qualifications. This polarization is primarily due to cognitive mechanisms.
- Subjects :
- Landscaping and area planning
Städtebau, Raumplanung, Landschaftsgestaltung
Vertrauen
cross-country
PIAAC
Sociology and Political Science
Diversität
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
level of education attained
General Social Sciences
migration
level of education
Sociology & anthropology
diversity
Sociology of Education
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Bildungs- und Erziehungssoziologie
Bildungsabschluss
Developmental and Educational Psychology
ddc:301
confidence
Bildungsniveau
ddc:710
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15730921 and 03038300
- Volume :
- 164
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Social Indicators Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....df49e7a534b8883147c9e809b35037ce