Aim: This study aims to examine the extent to which access to different socio-economic factors explains differences in the degree of trust in the judiciary system, and which factors are of importance for the differences in trust. The socio-economic factors referred to are annual earned income, degree of education, ownership of condominiums, active employment, gender, and age. The questions that will be answered are: What does a covariation between trust in the judiciary system and socio-economic factors look like? What impact do the socio-economic factors have, and which are the important variables that affect trust in the judiciary system? Method: A quantitative method has been used. The data material examined is the Crime Prevention Council's security survey from 2018. To answer the questions at issue, a multiple regression analysis has been made to visualize the covariance between socio-economic factors and trust in the judiciary system. Theories used are the theory of trust (Rothstein, 2003) and the theory about forms of capital (Bourdieu, 1986). Results: The result found is that the socioeconomic factors examined in this study have a covariance towards trust. Important variables that affect trust in the judiciary are post-secondary education and gender, where women and people with a completed post-secondary education have higher trust. These relationships are both relatively strong positives that are of statistical significance and thus can be generalized to the population.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:sh-48139 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Edbom, Agnes, Gustafsson, Emelie |
| Publisher | Södertörns högskola, Sociologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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