Adedeji Adekunle, Akintunde Tosin Yinka, Idemudia Erhabor S, Ibrahim Elhakim, Metzner Franka
North-West University, Faculty of Humanities, Mafikeng, South Africa.
Department of Sociology, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, China.
Front Sociol. 2021 Nov 19;6:741971. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.741971. eCollection 2021.
Poor social integration is associated with poor quality of life among minority groups. The current study hypothesized that trust and sociability may significantly explain the quality of life performance among Sub-Saharan African migrants in Germany. Data from 518 migrants were analyzed. Hierarchical multiple linear regression models were calculated to assess the predictive effect of trust and sociability on aggregate quality of life. Results show that general trust and sociability explained about 21% of the variance in quality of life score (adjusted = .206; < .001) for the total sample. Socioeconomic and demographic features suggested an added predictive effect of about 8% for total sample (adjusted = .279; < .001), 10% for male (adjusted = .322; < .001) and 4% for female (adjusted = .211; < .001). The results support trust and sociability as essential in connecting to a new environment and enhancing the quality of life.
社会融入程度低与少数群体生活质量差有关。当前研究假设，信任和社交能力可能是解释德国撒哈拉以南非洲移民生活质量表现的重要因素。对518名移民的数据进行了分析。计算了分层多元线性回归模型，以评估信任和社交能力对总体生活质量的预测作用。结果显示，总体信任和社交能力解释了总样本生活质量得分中约21%的方差变异（调整后R² = 0.206；p < 0.001）。社会经济和人口特征表明，总样本的预测作用额外增加了约8%（调整后R² = 0.279；p < 0.001），男性为10%（调整后R² = 0.322；p < 0.001），女性为4%（调整后R² = 0.211；p < 0.001）。研究结果支持信任和社交能力在融入新环境和提高生活质量方面的重要性。
