Discriminant analysis: Police legitimacy in rural, suburban and urban areas
| Rural | Suburban | Urban | Wilks' Lambda | F | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||
| Police legitimacy | 3.39 | 0.90 | 3.35 | 0.91 | 3.21 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 4.36* |
| Obligation to obey | 3.00 | 1.03 | 2.88 | 1.07 | 2.77 | 1.07 | 0.99 | 4.70** |
| Trust in police | 3.35 | 0.86 | 3.24 | 0.92 | 3.16 | 0.91 | 0.99 | 4.63** |
| Procedural justice | 3.41 | 0.84 | 3.44 | 0.81 | 3.26 | 0.84 | 0.99 | 4.33* |
| Police effectiveness | 3.94 | 0.69 | 3.89 | 0.63 | 3.77 | 0.72 | 0.99 | 5.12** |
| Legal cynicism | 2.67 | 0.99 | 2.61 | 0.97 | 2.39 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 7.92*** |
| Relations with police officers | 2.97 | 0.91 | 2.93 | 0.93 | 2.86 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 0.91 |
| Wilks' Lambda | 0.96*** | |||||||
| Rural | Suburban | Urban | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Police legitimacy | 3.39 | 0.90 | 3.35 | 0.91 | 3.21 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 4.36* |
| Obligation to obey | 3.00 | 1.03 | 2.88 | 1.07 | 2.77 | 1.07 | 0.99 | 4.70** |
| Trust in police | 3.35 | 0.86 | 3.24 | 0.92 | 3.16 | 0.91 | 0.99 | 4.63** |
| Procedural justice | 3.41 | 0.84 | 3.44 | 0.81 | 3.26 | 0.84 | 0.99 | 4.33* |
| Police effectiveness | 3.94 | 0.69 | 3.89 | 0.63 | 3.77 | 0.72 | 0.99 | 5.12** |
| Legal cynicism | 2.67 | 0.99 | 2.61 | 0.97 | 2.39 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 7.92*** |
| Relations with police officers | 2.97 | 0.91 | 2.93 | 0.93 | 2.86 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 0.91 |
| 0.96*** | ||||||||
Note(s): n = 1,022; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
Source(s): Table by the authors
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