QTM 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homophily, Panel Data, Social Relation

• School: Emory University
• Department: Quantitative Theory & Methods
• Course: QTM 385
• Professor: An Weihua

Document Summary

Mcpherson, miller, lynn smith-lovin and james m. cook. Longitudinal data: types of relationships, marriage, strong relationships, friendships, mere contact, appearance with someone in public. Patterns of homophily tend to get stronger as more types of relationships exist b/w two people. Baseline homophily: homophily effects created by the demography of the potential tie pool. Inbreeding homophily: homophily measured as explicitly over and above the opportunity: evidence about homophily: salient dimensions. Status homophily: similarity based on informal, formal/ascribed status. Value homophily: based on values, attitudes, and beliefs. Race and ethnicity: more likely to report confidants of same race, boys less homophilous than girls in racial choices. Religion: decreasing in the past few decades. Education, occupation, and social class: same level as sex and religion ix. xi. F > m to form close ties with neighbors: family ties. Kin ties, marriage bond: more likely to be same race, ethnicity, and religion, organizational foci. Isomorphic sources: occupational, family, and informal roles: cognitive processes.