A description of within-family resource exchange networks in a Malawian village

Gail E. Potter and Mark S. Handcock
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Gail E. Potter: University of Washington
Mark S. Handcock: University of California, Los Angeles

Demographic Research, 2010, vol. 23, issue 6, 117-152

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.

Keywords: Malawi; networks; social network; Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH); resource exchange (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.6

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