Measuring personal networks with daily contacts: A single-item survey question and the contact diary

Social Networks

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-186

  Fu, Yang Chih ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contact diary; Daily contacts; Personal networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444435071     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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