- Aggregates A quasi social group; mere
physical proximity/
togetherness; lack of unifying
features; not functionally
integrated
A group of people
standing on
queues; a group
people taking a taxi
or a bus; people
walking a in busy
city street; a group
of patients sitting or
standing in a
waiting room of a
hospital, etc
- Category Quasi social group; dispersed
collectivity; members
belonging to similar
socioeconomic background
All women aged 60
an above; all HIV
patients in the
world; all rural
people in Ethiopia;
etc
- Dyads A two-person, primary social
group;
Husband and wife;
a two –person peer
group; etc