Table 2 Regression results. Robust standard errors are in parentheses.

From: Interacting locally, acting globally: trust and proximity in social networks for the development of energy communities

Dependent variable: WEC

OLS

OP

Individual attitude

 Environmental concerns (EC)

.716*** (0.089)

.423*** (0.053)

Structural social capital

 Relatives’ interactions

−0.064 (0.065)

−0.033 (0.036)

 Friends’ interactions

−0.08 (0.075)

−.071 (0.063)

 Neighbors’ interactions

0.103* (0.059)

0.051* (0.034)

Relational social capital

 Social trust

.177*** (0.069)

.102*** (0.037)

 Institutional trust

−0.048 (0.06)

−0.025 (0.035)

Civic norms

 Friends’ EC

−0.036 (0.07)

−0.019 (0.04)

 Relatives’ EC

.150*** (0.057)

.094*** (0.034)

 Neighbors’ EC

−0.045 (0.066)

−0.022 (0.036)

Control variables

 Log age

1.148** (0.53)

.579* (0.305)

 Income

 2

−0.413 (0.35)

−0.203 (0.202)

 3

−0.114 (0.347)

−0.073 (0.198)

 4

0.503 (0.446)

0.32 (0.268)

 5

−0.574 (0.52)

−0.313 (0.309)

 6

0.365 (0.646)

0.178 (0.379)

 7

0.571 (0.758)

0.395 (0.441)

 Prefer to do not disclose

0.025 (0.46)

−0.007 (0.259)

 House description

 Block of flats

−0.177 (0.248)

−0.079 (0.141)

 Villa

0.727 (0.578)

0.467 (0.327)

Area description

 Countryside

−0.616 (0.626)

−0.417 (0.363)

 City

.529* (0.305)

.330* (0.176)

 Town

0.155 (0.311)

0.1 (0.177)

 Outskirts

0.37 (0.348)

0.199 (0.194)

Marital status

 Not Married

0.182 (0.817)

0.023 (0.396)

 Divorced

−2.077* (1.232)

−1.274** (0.669)

 Separated

−0.685 (0.952)

−0.608 (0.479)

 Married

0.186 (0.902)

0.122 (0.454)

 Widowed

−5.632*** (0.985)

−2.571*** (0.552)

Education

 Secondary school

0.079 (0.782)

−0.006 (0.425)

 High school

−0.156 (0.499)

−0.078 (0.268)

 Three-year degree

0.002 (0.523)

0.032 (0.278)

 Master’s degree

−0.034 (0.521)

0.012 (0.276)

Sex

 Male

−0.146 (0.135)

0.935 (0.731)

 Prefer to do not disclose

0.935 (0.731)

1.7853 (1.459)

Constant

−3.529 (2.449)

 

Observations

302

302

R-Squared

Adj: 0.465

Pseudo: 0.1361

  1. ***p< .01, **p< .05, *p<.1.