Entry:
Immerfall, Stefan, "Social Networks and Cultural Discount Rates: A Cross-National Discussion on the Community Question," Paper presented to the Third European Conference on Social Network Analysis, Munich, June 10-13, 1993.
Abstract:
People lacking relatives for social support can generally compensate by turning to friends and acquaintances.
GSS Years:1986
Other Data Sets:
ISSP 1986
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| FRINUM |
NUMBER OF CLOSE FRIENDS |
| CHILDS |
NUMBER OF CHILDREN |
| SIZE |
SIZE OF PLACE IN 1000S |
| WRKSTAT |
LABOR FRCE STATUS |
| MALIVE |
MOTHER STILL ALIVE? |
| PALIVE |
FATHER STILL ALIVE? |
| MAVISIT |
HOW OFTEN VISIT MOTHER |
| MATIME |
TRAVEL TIME TO MOTHER |
| PAVISIT |
HOW OFTEN VISIT FATHER |
| PATIME |
TRAVEL TIME TO FATHER |
| SISVISIT |
HOW OFTEN VISIT SISTER |
| SISTIME |
TRAVEL TIME TO SISTER |
| BROVISIT |
HOW OFTEN VISIT BROTHER |
| BROTIME |
TRAVEL TIME TO BROTHER |
| CHORES1 |
HELP FOR HOUSEHOLD TASKS #1 |
| CHORES2 |
HELP FOR HOUSEHOLD TASKS #2 |
| SICK1 |
HELP IF SICK #1 |
| SICK2 |
HELP IF SICK #2 |
| BORROW1 |
BORROW MONEY #1 |
| BORROW2 |
BORROW MONEY #2 |
| UPSET1 |
HELP FOR MARITAL PROBLEM #1 |
| UPSET2 |
HELP FOR MARITAL PROBLEM #2 |
| DOWN1 |
HELP FOR DEPRESSION #1 |
| DOWN2 |
HELP FOR DEPRESSION #2 |
| CHANGE1 |
HELP REGARDING IMPORTANT CHANGE #1 |
| CHANGE2 |
HELP REGARDING IMPORTANT CHANGE #2 |