This article examines homophily—the tendencies for people with similar characteristics to
interact with one another—and how social structure gives rise to network autocorrelation …

Similarity breeds connection. This principle—the homophily principle—structures network
ties of every type, including marriage, friendship, work, advice, support, information transfer …

The authors investigate the origins of homophily in a large university community, using
network data in which interactions, attributes, and affiliations are all recorded over time. The …

Owing to rapid advances in available data and methods, social network analysis has
recently been propelled into a new era: Instead of documenting patterns in static network …

I discuss a fundamental and pervasive aspect of social networks that has a signfii cant
impact on behavior:" homophily." Homophily refers to the tendency of individuals to …

Social networks affect individuals' ability to solve conflicts between individual and collective
interests. Indeed, the ability to seek out cooperative others is a key explanation for the high …

Homophily—the tendency for individuals to associate with similar others—is one of the most
persistent findings in social network analysis. Its importance is established along the lines of …

The tendency for individuals to form social ties with others who are similar to themselves,
known as homophily, is one of the most robust sociological principles. Since this …

This article combines studies of transitivity and homophily in an empirical analysis of
personal network integration. Using a national sample of individual's personal networks, the …

McPherson, Smith-Lovin, and Cook's (2001) Annual Review of Sociology piece “Birds of a
Feather”(“Birds”, hereafter) focused on the phenomenon of homophily–the empirical reality …