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Segregation in Social Networks

Linton C. Freeman
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Linton C. Freeman: Lehigh University

Sociological Methods & Research, 1978, vol. 6, issue 4, 411-429

Abstract: The intuitive literature on segregation is reviewed and a segregation measure, S, is constructed to embody existing intuitions. S measures segregation over a network of symmetrical social relations. Distributional problems are explored and two kinds of applications are illustrated.

Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1177/004912417800600401

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