Partnership Ties Shape Friendship Networks: A Dynamic Social Network Study

Partnership ties shape friendship networks through different social forces. First, partnership ties drive clustering in friendship networks: individuals who are in a partnership tend to have common friends and befriend other couples. Second, partnership ties influence the level of homophily in these...

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Main Authors: Stadtfeld, Christoph (Author), Pentland, Alex (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Social Forces, 2021-05-05T17:43:15Z.
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