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Table 2 Trust and Stress Symptoms in Six Regions during COVID-19 Pandemic

From: Social trust and stress symptoms among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Asia

 

Trust in government

Trust in hospital

Trust in neighbors

M1

M2

M1

M2

M1

M2

Trust

−0.080

−0.825**

−0.298*

−1.551***

−0.078

−0.752*

 

(0.101)

(0.275)

(0.149)

(0.370)

(0.140)

(0.360)

Region

(ref. Singapore)

Japan

1.653**

2.648

1.577**

7.016**

1.893***

1.799

 

(0.581)

(1.796)

(0.555)

(2.687)

(0.551)

(2.646)

Hong Kong SAR

4.450***

3.849*

4.410***

10.563***

4.691***

8.571**

 

(0.593)

(1.942)

(0.585)

(3.147)

(0.588)

(2.770)

South Korea

6.127***

5.854**

6.190***

0.791

6.332***

4.328

 

(0.604)

(2.094)

(0.600)

(3.329)

(0.615)

(2.804)

Taiwan

0.519

2.502

0.517

1.409

0.611

2.726

 

(0.588)

(2.193)

(0.586)

(3.267)

(0.598)

(2.722)

Thailand

1.625*

5.433*

1.693*

10.417**

1.651*

5.212

 

(0.680)

(2.273)

(0.676)

(3.664)

(0.677)

(3.680)

Region*trust

(ref. Singapore)

Japan*trust

 

0.760*

 

1.466**

 

0.613

  

(0.340)

 

(0.458)

 

(0.455)

Hong Kong SAR*trust

 

1.620***

 

2.548***

 

2.412***

  

(0.349)

 

(0.526)

 

(0.482)

South Korea*trust

 

−0.015

 

1.166*

 

0.260

  

(0.369)

 

(0.548)

 

(0.503)

Taiwan*trust

 

0.520

 

0.297

 

0.536

  

(0.387)

 

(0.545)

 

(0.483)

Thailand*trust

 

1.299**

 

2.011***

 

1.176

  

(0.405)

 

(0.595)

 

(0.618)

N

 

2308

 

2308

 

2308

  1. Notes: Data are restricted to participants 55 years and older. Figures in each column are from a separate regression. The dependent variable is stress symptoms. Trust is the independent variable listed as column heading. All models are based on OLS regression and controlled for age, gender, education, resident status, employment status, income, perceived social support, whether have chronic diseases, whether live with spouse, and whether live with children. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001