IHCS Sociological Cultural Studies 2383-0468 6 1 2015 05 22 Social trust and its affective factors in Bandar Abbas City Social trust and its affective factors in Bandar Abbas City 85 106 2598 FA Mostafa Zahirinia Assistant professor of social science, Hormozgan University, mozan54@yahoo.com Hedayat Nikkhah Assistant professor of social science, Hormozgan University, Hnik2000@yahoo.com Journal Article 2015 02 09 Present paper examines the social trust and its affective factors in Bandar Abbas city. In order to study the social trust in the city, 295 persons from over 15 years old individuals (men and women) were selected randomly through cluster sampling method. <br />This research applied the survey method and data were collected through self-administrated questionnaire. The analysis of the data is carried out at descriptive and inferential statistics levels. The results were analyzed by SPSS software using some statistics such as Mean-differences (t-test), spearman and Pearson correlation and regression analysis. The results revealed that the level of social trust among the people is about average and even lower than that. The findings also showed that there is a significant relationship between age, education level, social belonging, religious commitment, and social trust as a dependent variable. There is no significance difference between gender and occupational types regarding to social trust. The result also indicated that there is a considerable difference between marital status and social trust; indeed, the mean of social trust was higher among the married respondents than singles. Moreover, according to results, income wasn’t an affective factor on social trust. Present paper examines the social trust and its affective factors in Bandar Abbas city. In order to study the social trust in the city, 295 persons from over 15 years old individuals (men and women) were selected randomly through cluster sampling method. <br />This research applied the survey method and data were collected through self-administrated questionnaire. The analysis of the data is carried out at descriptive and inferential statistics levels. The results were analyzed by SPSS software using some statistics such as Mean-differences (t-test), spearman and Pearson correlation and regression analysis. The results revealed that the level of social trust among the people is about average and even lower than that. The findings also showed that there is a significant relationship between age, education level, social belonging, religious commitment, and social trust as a dependent variable. There is no significance difference between gender and occupational types regarding to social trust. The result also indicated that there is a considerable difference between marital status and social trust; indeed, the mean of social trust was higher among the married respondents than singles. Moreover, according to results, income wasn’t an affective factor on social trust. https://socialstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_2598_51fd949af3e0e7ca75cede072b98dcd8.pdf