Families and Personal Networks An International Comparative Perspective

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Linking Family Trajectories and Personal

Networks

Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Gaëlle Aeby, Vasco Ramos,

and Vida Česnuitytè

Introduction

Considering individual trajectories and personal networks as mutually
dependent, the aim of this chapter is to investigate the cumulative impact
of co-residence trajectories on the composition of personal configura-
tions. Personal networks are to some extent the result of mere repeated
exposure/engagement to others, as this action contributes to creating feel-
ings of similarity, attraction, and familiarity (Moreland and Zajonc 1982 ).

J.-A. Gauthier (*) • G. Aeby
Life Course and Inequality Research Centre, University of Lausanne,
Lausanne, Switzerland

V. Ramos
Institute of Social Sciences (ICS), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

V. Česnuitytè
Sociological Research Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University,
Vilnius, Lithuania