Gender homophily from spatial behavior in a primary school: A sociometric study

Social Networks

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 604-613

  Stehlé, Juliette ^a,b,c   Charbonnier, François ^c   Picard, Tristan ^c   Cattuto, Ciro ^d   Barrat, Alain ^a,b,d  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique   (France)

^d ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral social networks; Gender homophily; School class; Sex difference; Sociometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884764505     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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