Abstract
This research aimed 1) to determine the ambiguity of the borders of community trust (bonding type of trust) and generalized trust (bridging type of trust) among neighboring areas, and 2) to identify the factors of the ambiguity of the borders of those two different types of trust. The datasets were collected through a household-level questionnaire survey conducted in all agricultural areas of three cities in northern Kyoto prefecture in 2006. As a result, 1) the ambiguity of the borders of community trust was found, whereas no ambiguity of the borders of generalized trust was found. 2) Household density, residence year, and family number were correlated to the ambiguity of the borders of community trust. 3) The ambiguity of the borders of community trust and generalized trust were positively interrelated to each other.
