Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: In this paper we explore patterns of economic transfers between adults within household and family networks in a village in Malawi's Rumphi district, using data from the 2006 round of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health. We fit Exponential-family Random Graph Models (ERGMs) to assess individual, relational, and higher-order network effects. The network effects of cyclic giving, reciprocity, and in-degree and out-degree distribution suggest a network with a tendency away from the formation of hierarchies or "hubs." Effects of age, sex, working status, education, health status, and kinship relation are also considered.
Source: Demographic Research
Authors: Gail E. Potter, Mark S. Handcock
Institution: University of Washington
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Awards: Gender, Conversationsal Networks and Dealing with STD's, AIDS/HIV RISK, Marriage and Sexual Relations in Malawi, Religious Organizations, Local Norms, and HIV in Africa, Consequences of High Morbidity and Mortality in a Low-Income Country, California Center for Population Research (CCPR) at UCLA
OpenAlex ID: W2095825565