Birds of a feather: Homophily in social networks

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2001, Pages 415-444

  McPherson, Miller ^a   Smith Lovin, Lynn ^a   Cook, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human ecology; Organizations; Voluntary associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035639140     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.27.1.415     Document Type: Article

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