Table 5.1
Types of personal configuration. Average number of citations for each tie, by type
Standard-nuclear
Narrow-nuclear
Parent
Beanpole
Extended conjugal
Sibling-oriented
Mixed
Friend-ship
Work-oriented
Mean
F-test
Size
3.2
2.5
3.9
5.7
5.2
4.0
4.9
4.0
4.5
4.2
87.83***
n
306
574
405
197
313
265
147
315
252
2774
%
11.0
20.7
14.6
7.1
11.3
9.6
5.3
11.4
9.1
100
Partner
0.80
0.86
0.76
0.75
0.77
0.58
0.54
0.67
0.56
0.70
20.25***
Father
0.00
0.01
0.71
0.08
0.28
0.11
0.31
0.04
0.20
0.19
185.67***
Mother
0.06
0.08
0.94
0.21
0.43
0.35
0.41
0.14
0.31
0.33
204.96***
Son
0.18
1.09
0.39
1.14
0.50
0.36
0.46
0.40
0.36
0.29
79.68***
Daughter
1.79
0.36
0.51
0.90
0.49
0.27
0.48
0.34
0.35
0.41
170.52***
Brother
0.06
0.02
0.14
0.06
0.27
0.82
0.18
0.05
0.17
0.20
94.32***
Sister
0.09
0.04
0.16
0.11
0.33
1.11
0.28
0.08
0.15
0.14
145.71***
Parents-in-law
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.58
0.02
0.04
0.00
0.03
0.07
144.89***
Grandchildren
0.14
0.01
0.00
1.27
0.03
0.01
0.03
0.02
0.04
0.03
229.39***
Children-in-law
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.90
0.03
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.01
0.11
307.56***
Siblings-in-law
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.48
0.01
0.06
0.00
0.04
0.07
114.21***
Collaterals
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.03
0.64
0.03
0.22
0.02
0.10
0.12
76.21***
Male friends
0.02
0.00
0.10
0.08
0.13
0.08
0.20
1.10
0.23
0.09
143.8***
Female friends
0.04
0.00
0.21
0.06
0.24
0.18
0.33
1.16
0.33
0.15
108.41***
Colleague
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.86
0.10
333.75***
Non-kin members
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.03
0.01
0.08
0.00
0.63
0.09
114.42***
Others
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.02
0.02
1.27
0.00
0.05
0.01
1063.35***
Note: *
p < 0.05; **
p < 0.01; ***
p < 0.001