Abstract
Although previous studies have insisted that generalized and particularized trust contradicted each other, the analysis of previous studies have been limited at either individual or ecological level, and not considered the influence of community level trust on individual level trust. This study examined the interrelationships between these two types of trusts by multilevel analysis. The datasets were collected through the questionnaire survey to every household in all agricultural areas of three cities in northern Kyoto prefecture. The following results are obtained; 1) individual level different types of trusts are positively related to each other, 2)community level trusts do not have any influence on different types of individual level trusts, and 3)community level trusts have positive influence on the same types of individual level trusts. It would be desirable that generalized and community trusts are formed synergistically at both individual and community levels.
