本研究以广东四县(区)为考察对象,通过描述性统计、方差分析和回归分析,探讨经济与社会信任的关系。研究发现：县域经济发展与县域社会信任之间没有显著性,个人经济收入对县域社会信任有显著影响。基于此,论文提出了加强社会信任建设、提升个人收入水平的若干建议,以期引发学术讨论、并为政府相关决策提供参考。

Four counties (districts) in Guangdong are the examples of the study. The study through descriptive statistics, variance analysis and regression analysis reveals the relationship between economic development and social trust. Based on the study of the data, we found that the relationship between economic development and social trust is not significant, and individual income has a strong impact on social trust. Based on this findings, the paper will puts forward some suggestions to strengthen the construction of social trust and the method of improve individual income, so that it could arise the academic debate as well as some reference for government.

华南理工大学中央高校基本科研业务费滚动项目“社会建设背景下社会质量评价研究——以广东社会管理综合创新试点县为例”(D214291W)；广东省高等院校人文社科项目“基于社会质量的广东县域社会管理创新研究——以阳东县为样本”(2013WYXM0028)；广东省“十二五”哲学社会科学规划项目“广东非公有制经济人士代际支持比较研究”(GD15CZZ01)。