TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Hanging out: Features of urban children’s peer social networks
JO  - Journal of social and personal relationships
A1  - Neal, Jennifer W.
SP  - 982
EP  - 1000
VL  - 27
IS  - 7
N2  - This paper explores associations between two demographic characteristics (i.e., sex and grade level) and the peer network features (i.e., size, density, and demographic homophily) of 144 third through eighth grade students (ages 8—15) in an urban, US elementary school with considerable diversity in race and socioeconomic status. The results offer only partial support for the two cultures theory, as sex differences in network size attenuated with increasing grade levels. The findings also highlight developmental trends, including a curvilinear effect of grade on network density and grade-level increases in cross-sex and same-race relationships. Finally, the paper includes a discussion of the importance of opportunity structures for, and the joint consideration of sex and developmental influences on, children’s peer social networks.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 0265-4075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407510378124
ID  - ref1
ER  -