Sixteen million neighbors: A multilevel study of the role of neighbors in the personal networks of the Dutch

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-284

  Völker, Beate ^a   Flap, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Explanation of neighboring; Meeting opportunities; Multilevel analysis; Neighbor relationships

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN POPULATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35148826009     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087407302001     Document Type: Article

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