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. 2020 Aug 13;49(11):2229–2245. doi: 10.1007/s10964-020-01298-8

Table 2.

Sample and sample change statistics for friendships, antipathies, and homophobic attitudes

School 1 (n = 756) School 2 (n = 1011) School 3 (n = 167)
Friendship Antipathy Friendship Antipathy Friendship Antipathy
Sample Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave 2
Network density indicators 0.008 0.008 0.003 0.003 0.007 0.007 0.003 0.003 0.032 0.030 0.018 0.014
Average degree 6.963 6.599 2.465 2.227 6.566 6.624 2.555 2.953 5.342 5.015 2.906 2.348
Missing fraction 0.115 0.142 0.115 0.142 0.106 0.280 0.106 0.280 0.108 0.192 0.108 0.192
Other network indicators
 Reciprocity (edgewise) 0.410 0.408 0.098 0.058 0.479 0.483 0.100 0.112 0.455 0.470 0.162 0.145
 Transitivity 0.259 0.277 0.080 0.078 0.332 0.327 0.076 0.113 0.368 0.369 0.185 0.149
Sample change Wave 1–Wave 2 Wave 1–Wave 2 Wave 1–Wave 2 Wave 1–Wave 2 Wave 1–Wave 2 Wave 1–Wave 2
Network changes
 Jaccard index (stability) 0.36 0.15 0.42 0.18 0.42 0.21
 No. of ties dissolved 2026 1125 1717 1157 265 257
 No. of ties emerged 1799 965 1831 1457 257 186
 No. of ties maintained 2146 365 2612 564 381 116
Changes in homophobic attitude
 No. of steps down 232 194 50
 No. of steps up 281 305 66
 Actors that remain stable 229 285 47

Reciprocity was calculated as 2M/(2M + A), where M = mutual ties and A = asymmetric ties. Transitivity was calculated as N of transitive triplets divided by N of 2-paths (potentially transitive triplets). For more information on the calculation of the different network indices see Veenstra and Steglich (2012)