The study of social trust and factors affecting it in Khalkhal city

Present research examines the social trust and factors affecting it in khalkhal city. Dependent variable, in this study, is social trust (interpersonal trust and institutional trust) which is measured by some aspects like sincerity and confidence. The independent variables consist of security feeling, satisfaction from life, common values, economic-social status, age and gender. In order to endow the study on khalkhal city, 260 persons from individuals over 16 years old resident on khalkhal city both men and women were selected through cluster sampling method with unsuitable volume. This research has accomplished at survey method and data was collected thru questionnaire, the analysis of the data is carried out at descriptive and inferential statistics levels. Results show that the significant relations exist between variables like age, security feeling, satisfaction from life, common values with the degree of social trust. No significant relationship was found between socio-economic status and social trust, also there was no significant difference between two groups of gender with social trust.