Gender homophily from spatial behavior in a primary school: a sociometric study

J. Stehlé, F. Charbonnier, T. Picard C. Cattuto, A. Barrat. Social Networks 35(4):604-613 (2013)

We investigate gender homophily in the spatial proximity of children (6–12 years old) in a French primary school, using time-resolved data on face-to-face proximity recorded by means of wearable sensors. For strong ties, i.e., for pairs of children who interact more than a defined threshold, we find statistical evidence of gender preference that increases with grade. For weak ties, conversely, gender homophily is negatively correlated with grade for girls, and positively correlated with grade for boys. This different evolution with grade of weak and strong ties exposes a contrasted picture of gender homophily.

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873313000737

PDF: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.5961.pdf

BIBTEX:

@article{Stehlé2013604,
title = "Gender homophily from spatial behavior in a primary school: A sociometric study ",
journal = "Social Networks ",
volume = "35",
number = "4",
pages = "604 - 613",
year = "2013",
note = "",
issn = "0378-8733",
doi = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2013.08.003",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873313000737",
author = "Juliette Stehlé and François Charbonnier and Tristan Picard and Ciro Cattuto and Alain Barrat",
}