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Parental Status Connection and Social Network Variety in Adulthood

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  • Adam Gemar

    (Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus)

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This study enriches the literature on social networks and social capital by investigating how parental status potentially impacts social network diversity in adulthood. Using the 2018 iteration of the General Social Survey (GSS, n = 2348), a high quality nationally representative survey of the United States, we utilize latent class and regression analyses, finding that parental status, especially medium and cross-status occupational connections contribute to social capital in the form of network diversity. Yet, personal socio-economic factors, notably income and race, largely offset parental effects. This underscores the complexity of network composition, emphasizing the influential role of individual resources, attributes, and mobility in shaping social networks and forming bridging social capital.

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  • Adam Gemar, 2024. "Parental Status Connection and Social Network Variety in Adulthood," Societies, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-13, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:14:y:2024:i:2:p:26-:d:1338979
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