Families and Personal Networks An International Comparative Perspective
168 composition of family configurations, gender, education, and birth cohort impact the structure of social capital. Social cap ...
169 centralised around Ego, who is able to master his or her connections because alters have no direct connection with each othe ...
170 dense networks on various kinds of community, including schools and businesses. When dyadic relationships are under the scru ...
171 fewest relational resources. They are truly disadvantaged in terms of emo- tional and instrumental resources. Individuals wi ...
172 tionship between social capital and such factors across countries and stressed the importance of institutional features for ...
173 members, especially to those who are unemployed. However, despite the strong family obligations, informal support is still u ...
174 Overall, individuals may put an unequal emphasis on bonding and bridging social capital in the three national contexts that ...
175 both density of support and interaction are average compared with the two other countries. Overall, individuals in Switzerla ...
Table 6.3 Social capital and the composition of personal networks (configurations) in the total sample. Average scores Beanpole ...
177 any significant alter, are logically characterised by the absence of social capital. It is important to recall that individu ...
178 the three countries. They also show whether configurations which mostly include non-kin are characterised by a bridging stru ...
179 engaged in activities and exchanges with family members, and thus, the overall centralisation of the network on Ego decrease ...
180 his two sons. However, unlike the previous case, which also featured a Friendship configuration, this Friendship configurati ...
181 effect on social capital. The significant effects of cohorts on network com- position revealed in Chap. 5 do not translate i ...
182 Differences between Portugal, Lithuania, and Switzerland that we found in the previous section for the most part remained si ...
183 works, including close kin as well as a few friends, who are often fully integrated in the family realm. In societies such a ...
184 However, in contrast to Portugal, personal networks are narrower and mostly comprised of nuclear family members, primarily c ...
185 References Bjornberg, U., & Ekbrand, H. (2008). Configurations of family commitments: Patterns of support within Kin. In ...
186 Kalmijn, M., & Saraceno, C. (2008). A Comparative perspective on intergen- erational support: Responsiveness to parental ...
© The Author(s) 2018 187 K. Wall et al. (eds.), Families and Personal Networks, Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimat ...
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