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Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: The meaning of trust for brazilians with higher education
Authors: Aquino, Jakson Alves de
Keywords: Trust;Question validity;World values survey
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: Social Indicators Research
Citation: Aquino, J. A. (2015)
Abstract in Brazilian Portuguese: The validity of the World Values Survey (WVS) question used to measure trust is disputed over and this article is intended to present the results of an online survey, conducted in Brazil, which tested the meaning of the term trust in the WVS question. The surveyed population is entirely Brazilian and the majority has received some form of higher education. The results of the survey partially corroborate the validity of the WVS and partially deny it. Within the results of this survey there are predominantly two dominant perspectives represented within the surveyed population including: respondents who think in friends and relatives as part of most people have a higher probability of also saying to trust most people which means that different people may be answering slightly different questions. However, respondents who say that trust most people have higher levels of trust in people in general than in family if compared with respondents who say to not trust most people which is in accordance with the expectation that the question adequately measures generalized interpersonal trust.
Description: AQUINO, Jakson Alves de. The meaning of trust for brazilians with higher education. Social Indicators Research, Prince George, v.1, p. 1-25, nov. 2015.
URI: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/20989
ISSN: 0303-8300 (impresso)
1573-0921 (online)
Access Rights: Acesso Aberto
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