Citation

Hammer M. Soc. Netw. 1984; 6(4): 341-371.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0378-8733(84)90008-X

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper is concerned with issues arising in the use of interview-derived social network data. First, are respondents' relationships correctly reported? Data from dyads in which respondents and those they named were both interviewed indicate high agreement on the characteristics of the relationships. Second, which relationships are named and which are not? Data from interviews, supplemented with a long list of individuals, some of whom were spontaneously named and some of whom were also known but not named, indicate that respondents select in terms of frequency, recency, and how well they know the person, but, unexpectedly, not duration. Comparison of men's and women's selections suggests that women more strongly limit their naming to those they know very well.