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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2014 Nov 5;79(6):1088–1121. doi: 10.1177/0003122414554001

Table 5.

Summary Table of Moderator Effect Patterns on Key Mechanisms of Macro-Structural Variation

Ecological Features

Development (1) Size (2) Differentiation (3) Composition (4) Climate

Micro-Mechanism High School Larger Selectivity Electivity Race Het Age Het Gender Het Achieve Attachment
School Friends
Clustering
  Mutuality + + + + +
  Closure + + + +
Hierarchy
  Tau Asymm. Triads + + + +
Segregation
  Race Homophily + + + + +
  Age Homophily + + + + +
  Gender Homophily + + +
Classroom Friends
Clustering
  Mutuality NA + +
  Closure NA
Hierarchy
  Tau Asymm. Triads NA
Segregation
  Race Homophily NA +
  Age Homophily NA + +
  Gender Homophily NA +

Note: + denotes a significant positive relation; – denotes a significant negative relation. Bold font denotes significance in models entailing all ecological features (schools) or at least controls for class size. Normal font indicates bivariate relation.