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Hi Ian,

beside the already given suggestions I can recommend the following 
material.

Merton & Lazarsfeld put a strong focus on the issue of homophiliy in 
friendship associations, you should have a look at this exciting paper

Lazarsfeld, Paul/Merton, Robert K., 1954: Friendship as a social 
Process, in: Berger, Morroe/Abel, Theodore/Page, Charles H. (ed.), 
Freedom and Control in Modern Society. New York: Van Nostrand, 18–66.

also consult

Blau, Peter M., 1962: Patterns of Choice in Interpersonal Relations, in: 
American Sociological Review 27, 41–55.

for statistical modelling those might be of interest

Yamaguchi, Kazuo, 1990: Homophily and Social Distance in the Choice of 
Multiple Friends. An Analysis Based on Conditionally Symmetric 
Log-Bilinear Association Model, in: Journal of the American Statistical 
Association 85, 356–366.

Signorile, Vito/O'Shea, Robert M., 1965: A Test of Significance for the 
Homophily Index, in: The American Journal of Sociology 70, 467–470.

Verbrugge, Lois M., 1977: The Structure of Adult Friendship Choices, in: 
Social Forces 56, 576–597.


best regards
Jan

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Ian McCulloh schrieb:
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> Hello SOCNET people,
>  
> A collegue of mine asked me if I could tell him some of the key 
> publications that describe the concept of homophily as a cause of 
> relationships in social networks.  Before I respond to him, I thought I 
> would poll the group.  Thanks in advance for your input.
>  
> Ian
>  
> 
> Ian McCulloh, Ph.D.
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