Networks and contexts: Variation in the structure of social ties

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1495-1533

  Entwisle, Barbara ^a,d   Faust, Katherine ^b   Rindfuss, Ronald R ^a   Kaneda, Toshiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

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EID: 34248353157     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511803     Document Type: Article

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