How far and with whom do people socialize?: Empirical evidence about distance between social network members

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2076, 2008, Pages 114-122

  Carrasco, Juan Antonio ^a   Miller, Eric J ^b   Wellman, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITY LOCATIONS; ACTIVITY-TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INTERACTION MODELING; MULTILEVEL MODELING; NETWORK INTERACTION; PERSONAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL CONTEXT; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 61349196218     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2076-13     Document Type: Article

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