Social isolation in America: Changes in core discussion networks over two decades
Social isolation in America: Changes in core discussion networks over two decades
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DOI：
10.1177/000312240607100301
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Brashears, Matthew E.
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作者：
McPherson, Miller;Smith-Lovin, Lynn;Brashears, Matthew E.
在过去的二十年里，美国人的核心讨论网络发生了变化吗？1985年，综合社会调查（GSS）收集了第一批具有全国代表性的关于知己的数据。美国人讨论重要问题的人在2004年的GSS中，作者重复了这些问题，以评估核心网络结构的社会变化。2004年的讨论网络规模小于1985年。说没有人和他们讨论重要问题的人数增加了近两倍，平均网络规模减少了约三分之一（一个知己），从1985年的2.94减少到2004年的2.08。现在的典型回答者报告说没有知己; 1985年的典型回答者有三个知己。亲戚和非亲戚的知己都迷失了。在过去二十年中，非亲属关系的大幅减少导致了更多以配偶和父母为中心的知己网络，通过自愿协会和社区进行的联系减少了。大多数人都有与他们相似的紧密联系的知己。一些变化反映了美国人口结构的变化。人口教育异质性的社会联系减少，种族异质性增加。这些数据可能高估了社交孤立的数量，但这些缩小的社交网络反映了美国的一个重要社会变化
Have the core discussion networks of Americans changed in the past two decades? In 1985, the General Social Survey (GSS) collected the first nationally representative data on the confidants. with whom Americans discuss important matters. In the 2004 GSS the authors replicated those questions to assess social change in core network structures. Discussion networks are smaller in 2004 than in 1985. The number of people saying there is no one with whom they discuss important matters nearly tripled.,The mean network size decreases by about a third (one confidant), from 2.94 in 1985 to 2.08 in 2004. The modal respondent now reports having no confidant; the modal respondent in 1985 had three confidants. Both kin and non-kin confidants were lost in. the past two decades, but the greater decrease of non-kin ties leads to more confidant networks centered on spouses and parents, with fewer contacts through voluntary associations and neighborhoods. Most people have densely interconnected confidants similar to them. Some changes reflect the changing demographics of the US. population. Educational heterogeneity of social ties has decreased, racial heterogeneity has increased. The data may overestimate the number of social isolates, but these shrinking networks reflect an important social change in America