Table 4.

Contexts of where truly new and awakened ties were first met (weighted)

	Young cohort		Old cohort
	Truly new	Awakened	Truly new	Awakened
Same family (by birth or marriage)	5.3%	15.6%	9.1%	24.2%
Grew up in same neighborhood	0	1.2%	0	.4%
Met in high school, college, grad school or post-graduate program	20.3%	30.6%	.7%	4.6%
Met as neighbors	6.8%	0	7.6%	6.8%
Met at work	26.6%	15.0%	18.9%	13.9%
Met at religious (e.g., church) or other group or organization	7.2%	11.6%	18.2%	20.3%
Met through friends	17.4%	8.1%	9.1%	12.8%
Met through family member (e.g., spouse, child)	2.4%	2.3%	10.6%	6.8%
Met online	6.3%	6.4%	6.1%	0
Other	7.7%	9.2%	19.7%	10.3%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%
N	207	173	132	281

Notes: based on UCNets’ subsample of alters. Young cohort refers to 21–30 year-olds and old cohort to 50–70 year-olds at wave 1