Latent class models in action: Bridging social capital & internet usage

Social Science Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-30

  Neves, Barbara Barbosa ^a   Fonseca, Jaime R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bridging social capital; Email; Internet; Latent class models; Logistic regression models; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PORTUGAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913580344     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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