Neighborhood differences in social capital in Ghent (Belgium): a multilevel approach

Table 7 Fixed and random parameters of the generalized trust multilevel models

	Model 0	Model 1a	Model 1b	Model 2a	Model 2b
	β (SE)	β (SE)	β (SE)	β (SE)	β (SE)
Fixed effects
Constant	17.263 (0.292)***	18.220 (0.427)***	18.072 (0.318)***	18.418 (0.450)***
Level 1
Female		−0.336 (0.400)		−0.333 (0.400)
65 years or older		0.440 (0.514)		0.402 (0.517)
Low education level		−1.356 (0.570)*	−1.173 (0.541)*	−1.275 (0.573)*
Single		−0.425 (0.461)		−0.435 (0.463)
Not Belgian		0.330 (0.652)		0.487 (0.664)
Weak neighborhood attachment		−2.219 (0.466)***	−2.234 (0.459)***	−2.125 (0.471)***
<5 years of residence		0.050 (0.468)		0.034 (0.474)
Level 2
Deprived neighborhood				−1.123 (0.791)
Percentage of elderly				0.100 (0.299)
Turnover				0.158 (0.363)
Physical disorder				−0.018 (0.372)
Random effects
Level 1
Constant	30.262 (1.596)***	29.312 (1.553)***	29.441 (1.557)***	29.319 (1.554)***
Level 2
Constant	1.888 (0.783)*	1.454 (0.679)*	1.563 (0.703)*	1.244 (0.663)
Intraclass correlation	0.059	0.047	0.050	0.041
Log likelihood	4786,232	4713,448	4736,855	4710,668
∆ Log likelihood (∆ df)		72,784	49,377	75,564
P		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

Note: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
Model 0: null model without level 1 and level 2 variables; Model 1a: model with only level 1 variables; Model 1b: parsimonious model with only level 1 variables; Model 2a: model with level 1 and level 2 variables; Model 2b: parsimonious model with level 1 and level 2 variables.

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