Evolutions of personal networks and life events

Bidart, Claire; Lavenu, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2004.11.003

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“…This result is consistent with previous findings showing that geographical moves, often coupled with work/married life, lead to an overall decrease in the presence of friends in the network (see e.g. Bidart and Lavenu, 2005). The decrease in the number of friends happens mainly in favor of family members, who develop more transitive ties.…”

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“…This finding is coherent with previous studies that show the shrinking and overlapping of friendship networks between partners over the life course (see e.g. Bidart and Lavenu, 2005;Kalmijn, 2003). People in friendship networks also had more geographically scattered personal networks compared to individuals who cited mainly family members and sometimes colleagues.…”

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“…This finding can be interpreted as the consequence of recent arrivals' efforts at rebuilding a support network in the new residential location. Earlier studies have shown that recent residential relocation may lead individuals to focus on a small, emotionally intimate group and multiplex ties (good friends and certain family members), rather than maintaining ties with a large number of less-intimate individuals (Bidart and Lavenu, 2005;Collmer, 2002Collmer, , 2005Jones, 1973;Pelizäus-Hoffmeister, 2001;Shklovski, 2007). In the years following the move, the individual's support network might be concentrated among a small number of people that he/she is more likely to cite as support receivers than he/she would within a larger network of weaker ties (Granovetter, 1973).…”

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Residential mobility and the spatial dispersion of personal networks: Effects on social support

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a b s t r a c tUsing a representative national sample of personal networks, this article explores how the spatial dispersion of networks, residential mobility and social support are linked. Three issues will be addressed here. Firstly, how is the spatial dispersion of personal networks related to individuals' social characteristics, network composition and residential mobility? Secondly, how do the spatial dispersion of networks, residential mobility and their combined effect influence the number and (thirdly) the structure of emotional support ties? Results showed that the extent of the support was affected neither by the geographical distribution of the networks nor by residential mobility. Living far from one's birthplace, however, exerted two distinct, and opposite effects on the support network structure. On the one hand, mobility led to high spatial dispersion of personal contacts, which in turn favored a sparsely knit network centered around the mobile individual. On the other hand, by controlling for the effect of distance between the contacts, we found that individuals that cited long-distance ties tended to be part of more transitive support networks than those that cited local ties. We interpreted the latter effect as evidence that transitive ties may survive greater spatial distances than intransitive ones. These findings are discussed in view of spatial mobility and social network research.

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“…Concerning the effect of transitions on networks, previous analysis from this survey showed that network size and composition were very sensitive to certain 'typical' biographical events, such as starting work, setting up house with a partner and the birth of the first child (Bidart and Lavenu, 2005). At the time of the transition from the unified world of education to the more divided world of work, sociability becomes less collective and more intensive and young people become more 'selective' in their modes of association.…”

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Combining qualitative, quantitative and structural dimensions in a longitudinal perspective. The case of network influence

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“…Assim como cada indivíduo possui a sua própria história de vida, o conjunto de relações sociais pessoais deles como se manifestam hoje é fruto de um processo que se desenrolou ao longo dos anos (Bidart;Lavenu, 2005, Clark;Huang, 2003) e do seu espaço de vivência (Avenarius;2012, Magdol;Bessel; -ou seja, por onde transcorreu cada uma dessas etapas de seu curso de vida.…”

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Semeando e Cultivando Relações. Transformações nas Redes de Suporte Social de Migrantes ao longo do Tempo e do Espaço.

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2012

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ResumoUsualmente, os estudos sobre redes sociais e o processo migratório se debruçam essencialmente sobre duas vertentes: a) o direcionamento do fluxo migratório e b) e a relevância das redes no processo de integração do migrante as áreas de destino. Desse modo, o presente estudo propõe uma inversão desta perspectiva predominante, qual seja; compreender os impactos da migração sobre a rede de suporte social dos indivíduos e famílias, tanto em termos quantitativos, como em termos qualitativos. Todavia, os câmbios na rede de suporte social não estão associados tão somente a uma única variável, neste caso, à migração. Tão fundamental quanto ela são os próprios eventos do curso de vida, tais como: a) formação de um novo domicílio, b) casamento e/ou estabilidade conjugal e c) nascimento dos filhos. Para tanto, foi realizada uma série de entrevistas qualitativas, a fim de captar e mapear a rede de suporte social do migrante ao longo de cada um desses pontos de inflexão. Ademais, há uma complementação quantitativa das primeiras análises aqui feitas a partir dos dados de uma pesquisa amostral realizada em 2007 na Região Metropolitana de Campinas com o objetivo de retratar as condições de vulnerabilidade social de seus habitantes. O principal pressuposto aqui assumido é que a migração, assim como, determinados eventos/marcadores do curso de vida de um indivíduo foram responsáveis por "abrir novas portas e oportunidades" para aqueles que a realizaram ou os vivenciaram, sendo que suas condições de vulnerabilidade social foram severamente transformadas seja pelo incremento de contatos, quanto pela diversificação dos mesmos.

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Evolutions of personal networks and life events

Cited by 265 publications

References 24 publications

Residential mobility and the spatial dispersion of personal networks: Effects on social support

Residential mobility and the spatial dispersion of personal networks: Effects on social support

Combining qualitative, quantitative and structural dimensions in a longitudinal perspective. The case of network influence

Semeando e Cultivando Relações. Transformações nas Redes de Suporte Social de Migrantes ao longo do Tempo e do Espaço.

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