Table 7: Trust in Law Enforcement by race, ordered probit
Independent variable
b
s.e.
b
s.e.
b
s.e.
Education
0.05
0.13
0.38
0.27
-0.23
0.20
Age
0.35**
0.17
0.83**
0.39
-0.03
0.28
Republican
0.81**
0.09
-0.10
0.30
0.28*
0.17
Generalized (interpersonal) trust
0.23**
0.08
0.11
0.18
0.37**
0.11
Generation (1 to 4+)
-0.09
0.14
0.02
0.31
-0.51**
0.17
Speaks primarily English at home
--
--
--
--
-0.21*
0.13
Latino
--
--
--
--
0.36**
0.13
National origin self-identification
-0.65**
0.20
--
--
0.02
0.19
Panethnic self-identification
-0.22
0.18
-0.22
0.49
-0.31
0.41
National origin discrimination
-0.16
0.21
--
--
0.02
0.27
Panethnic discrimination
-0.42**
0.17
-0.77
0.50
-0.20
0.26
Individual-level discrimination
-0.37
0.27
-0.87**
0.35
-0.62**
0.28
Nat'l origin x nat'l origin discrim.
-1.43
0.92
--
--
-0.04
0.37
Nat'l origin x individual discrim.
2.88**
0.85
--
--
-0.04
0.39
Panethnic x panethnic discrim.
0.27
0.51
0.42
0.69
0.014
0.62
Panethnic x individual discrim
0.14
0.62
0.09
0.47
0.13
0.53
Cutpoint 1
-2.19
0.23
-2.05
0.50
-2.39
0.27
Cutpoint 2
0.38
0.21
-0.15
0.47
-0.68
0.24
Cutpoint 3
1.35
0.21
1.27
0.47
0.86
0.24
Chi-square
N
**p<0.05; *p<0.1
All non-dummy variables coded 0 to 1. Unweighted data.
Source: 21st Century Americanism Survey, 2004
1010
229
468
White
Black
Asian and Latino
126.54
33.79
57.60
38
Convention