The content of the General Social Survey discussion networks: an exploration of General Social Survey discussion name generator in a Chinese context |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;2. Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA;3. Neuropsychiatric Institute, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;1. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku 152-8550, Japan;2. Innovation Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan;1. Department of Physics, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada E4L 1E6;2. Département de Mathématiques et Statistique, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada E1A 3E9;3. Département de Physique et d''Astronomie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada E1A 3E9 |
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| Abstract: | This study focuses on the discussion network name generator used in the 1985 General Social Survey (GSS). Based on the data from a Chinese survey, it explores the content of the discussion networks by examining the overlapping of names generated by the GSS discussion name generator and the exchange name generators. It finds that the GSS discussion question has generated a range of social ties, which accounts for an important part of a Chinese personal network. Specifically, the people with whom the Chinese respondents discussed important matters are also likely to spend leisure time with the respondents and to be the confidants for personal matters. Some of them are expected to offer substantial help or to possess important social resources; however, they are least involved in what are considered family affairs. |
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