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Title
A description of within-family resource exchange networks in a Malawian village. |
Full text
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6zj72837 |
Date
2010 |
Author(s)
Potter, Gail E; Handcock, Mark S |
Abstract
In this paper we explore patterns of economic transfers between adults within household and family networks in a village in Malawi's Rumphi district, using data from the 2006 round of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health. We fit Exponential-family Random Graph Models (ERGMs) to assess individual, relational, and higher-order network effects. The network effects of cyclic giving, reciprocity, and in-degree and out-degree distribution suggest a network with a tendency away from the formation of hierarchies or "hubs." Effects of age, sex, working status, education, health status, and kinship relation are also considered. |
Subject(s)
J1; Z0; Malawi; Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health; networks; resource exchange; social network; Demography |
Coverage
117 - 152 |
Publisher
eScholarship, University of California |
Type of publication
article |
Source
Demographic research, vol 23, iss 6 |
Rights
public |
Identifier
qt6zj72837 |
Repository
Berkeley - University of California
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