TY - JOUR
T1 - Sources of personal neighbor networks
T2 - Social integration, need, or time?
AU - Campbell, Karen E.
AU - Lee, Barrett A.
N1 - Funding Information:
* This is a revised version of a paperpresented at the SunbeltX International Social Network Conference, February 1990, San Diego, and is based on work funded by a National Science Foundationgrant (number SES-8709981), awarded to the authors. The first author was partially supported by a grant from the University Research Council of Vanderbilt. We thank Claude Fischer, jack Gibbs, and the anonymous referees for their helpful suggestions on earlier drafts. Direct correspondence to Karen E. Campbell, Department of Sociology, Box 1811-B, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235.
PY - 1992/6
Y1 - 1992/6
N2 - In response to Wirth's (1938) image of city dwellers as isolated individuals lacking strong ties to others, urban sociologists and network analysts have closely examined personal networks. Because neighbors are vital components of such networks, we examine three theoretical perspectives offered to explain the links between statuses and neighbor networks: social integration, need, and available time. Survey evidence from 690 adults in 81 Nashville, Tennessee neighborhoods best supports a social integration interpretation - those in statuses well integrated into society in general (female, middle-aged, married, and high-SES respondents) have larger networks within their neighborhoods. Need may be the inverse of integration, for low-SES persons, though maintaining smaller networks, have more frequent and intense contact with their neighbors.
AB - In response to Wirth's (1938) image of city dwellers as isolated individuals lacking strong ties to others, urban sociologists and network analysts have closely examined personal networks. Because neighbors are vital components of such networks, we examine three theoretical perspectives offered to explain the links between statuses and neighbor networks: social integration, need, and available time. Survey evidence from 690 adults in 81 Nashville, Tennessee neighborhoods best supports a social integration interpretation - those in statuses well integrated into society in general (female, middle-aged, married, and high-SES respondents) have larger networks within their neighborhoods. Need may be the inverse of integration, for low-SES persons, though maintaining smaller networks, have more frequent and intense contact with their neighbors.
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U2 - 10.1093/sf/70.4.1077
DO - 10.1093/sf/70.4.1077
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84962994625
SN - 0037-7732
VL - 70
SP - 1077
EP - 1100
JO - Social Forces
JF - Social Forces
IS - 4
ER -