Segregated in Social Space: The Spatial Structure of Acquaintanceship Networks

With deepening cleavages on several social dimensions, social fragmentation has become a major concern across the social sciences. This article proposes a spatial approach to study the segregation pattern of acquaintanceship ties across multiple social dimensions simultaneously. A Bayesian unfolding...

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Autor principal:	Barum Park
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Society for Sociological Science 2021
Materias:	social space network segregation social distance acquaintanceship ties Sociology (General) HM401-1281
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3228b6ec91ed4ee3847ccbc809a003242021-12-02T11:28:11ZSegregated in Social Space: The Spatial Structure of Acquaintanceship Networks10.15195/v8.a202330-6696https://doaj.org/article/3228b6ec91ed4ee3847ccbc809a003242021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v8-20-397/https://doaj.org/toc/2330-6696With deepening cleavages on several social dimensions, social fragmentation has become a major concern across the social sciences. This article proposes a spatial approach to study the segregation pattern of acquaintanceship ties across multiple social dimensions simultaneously. A Bayesian unfolding model is developed and fitted to the 2006 General Social Survey. Results suggests that the segregation pattern of reported acquaintanceship ties reflect consolidated socioeconomic inequalities. Furthermore, among the 13 analyzed social groups, gay and lesbian people were the least segregated group in 2006, implying that individuals with very different network compositions had similar probabilities to know someone who is gay or lesbian. Lastly, contradicting previous findings that ideology and religiosity segregate acquaintanceship networks to an extent that rivals race, it is found that race stands out as the dominant dimension that shapes the distribution of these relationships.Barum ParkSociety for Sociological Sciencearticlesocial spacenetwork segregationsocial distanceacquaintanceship tiesSociology (General)HM401-1281ENSociological Science, Vol 8, Iss 20, Pp 397-428 (2021)
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description	With deepening cleavages on several social dimensions, social fragmentation has become a major concern across the social sciences. This article proposes a spatial approach to study the segregation pattern of acquaintanceship ties across multiple social dimensions simultaneously. A Bayesian unfolding model is developed and fitted to the 2006 General Social Survey. Results suggests that the segregation pattern of reported acquaintanceship ties reflect consolidated socioeconomic inequalities. Furthermore, among the 13 analyzed social groups, gay and lesbian people were the least segregated group in 2006, implying that individuals with very different network compositions had similar probabilities to know someone who is gay or lesbian. Lastly, contradicting previous findings that ideology and religiosity segregate acquaintanceship networks to an extent that rivals race, it is found that race stands out as the dominant dimension that shapes the distribution of these relationships.
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title	Segregated in Social Space: The Spatial Structure of Acquaintanceship Networks
title_short	Segregated in Social Space: The Spatial Structure of Acquaintanceship Networks
title_full	Segregated in Social Space: The Spatial Structure of Acquaintanceship Networks
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Segregated in Social Space: The Spatial Structure of Acquaintanceship Networks

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