Cross-cultural measurement equivalence of generalized trust. Evidence from the European Social Survey (2002 and 2004)

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-532

  Reeskens, Tim ^a   Hooghe, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cross cultural equivalence; European Social Survey; Generalized trust; Measurement; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36749057962     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9100-z     Document Type: Article

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