Investigating the effect of institutional trust on the citizens' quality of life in Iran

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1 Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Art & Architecture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Department of Urban planning ,Faculty of Art & Architecture, University of kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

3 Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

10.22080/usfs.2024.26345.2395

Abstract

Trust is one of the foundations of legitimacy and stability of political systems and affects people's reactions. On the other hand, life satisfaction can also increase the legitimacy of political regimes and strengthen democracy. The global ranking indicates that our country is not in a right place in terms of institutional trust. Based on the results of the studies on the values and attitudes of Iranians and the statistics provided by the Legatum Institute, the amount of this type of trust has faced a significant decrease in the ten-year period (2013-2023). We are also ranked 84th in terms of the global ranking of the quality of life. Therefore, one of the challenges we are facing is decrease in institutional trust and the citizens' quality of life. thus, the purpose of the current research is to explain the relationship between institutional trust and quality of life. The data of this study was collected from the world value survey (wave 7) and data processing was done using the structural equation method with Smart PLS software. The sample population included all Iranian citizens (both men and women) aged 18 and above. In this classification, Iran is divided into 9 regions that include 31 provinces. The sampling plan, which includes classification at the regional level as well as residential location (for example, urban-rural) to achieve a national division of 72% urban and 28% rural, which includes 1499 questionnaires. The results indicate that the research hypothesis based on the effect of institutional trust on the citizens' quality of life is confirmed and institutional trust explains 22.9% of the variance of the quality of life variable.

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Urban Structure and Function Studies

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 01 May 2024

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  • Receive Date: 24 November 2023
  • Accept Date: 01 May 2024

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