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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 1983 Jun;54(3):549–556. doi: 10.2307/1130041

TABLE 1.

Saliency of Friendship Expectations.

Age Group (%)

Expectations Young Old
Common activities 94 97
Affection 63 84
Support 53 72
Propinquity 50 31
Physical characteristics 69 38

Note.—Percentages represent proportion of children mentioning feature during the unstructured interview. The young age group was comprised of 4- and 5-year-olds, while the old group consisted of 6- and 7-year-olds.