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Notes

1. The wording is: From time to time, most people discuss important matters
   with other people. Looking back over the last six months, who are the people
   with whom you discussed matters important to you? (up to four people).


2. As explained in Chap. 3 , when computing personal networks the sample
   reduces slightly (n = 2835 instead of n = 2852) because in the Swiss data-
   set some network data are not correctly collected and have to be set aside
   (n = 17). Thus, we have 1044 respondents in Portugal, 786 in Switzerland,
   and 1000  in Lithuania. There are 61 empty networks (Portugal: 5;
   Switzerland: 31; Lithuania 25); they were temporarily put aside to create
   the typology. The residual category includes ex-partners, stepfamily mem-
   bers, grandparents, and fictive kin.


3. In the logistic regressions, we include three social factors (birth cohort;
   gender; and level of education) and three family factors: being in a conju-
   gal relationship with a partner and living together either married or not
   (situation referred to as partnership in the Tables 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6);
   parenthood; and having siblings.

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