Name generators in surveys of personal networks

Karen E. Campbell; Barrett A. Lee

doi:10.1016/0378-8733(91)90006-F

Name generators in surveys of personal networks

Karen E. Campbell, Barrett A. Lee

Sociology and Criminology

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Abstract

To investigate the consequences of name generators for network data, we compare characteristics of egocentric networks from Wellman's East York survey, Fischer's Northern California Communities Study, the General Social Survey, and our study of networks in 81 Nashville, Tennessee neighborhoods. Network size, age and education heterogeneity, and average tie characteristics were most strongly affected by the name generator used. Network composition, and racial and sexual heterogeneity, were more invariant across different kinds of name generators.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	203-221
Number of pages	19
Journal	Social Networks
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8733(91)90006-F
State	Published - Sep 1991

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Sociology and Political Science
General Social Sciences
General Psychology

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