Once a friend, always a friend? Effects of homophily on women's support networks across a decade

Social Networks

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-62

  Suitor, Jill ^a   Keeton, Shirley ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homophily; Interpersonal relations; Returning students; Social support; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030639538     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8733(96)00290-0     Document Type: Article

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