TY  - JOUR
A1  - Potter, Gail E.
A1  - Handcock, Mark S.
T1  - A description of within-family resource exchange networks in a Malawian village
Y1  - 2010/07/20
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 117
EP  - 152
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.6
VL  - 23
IS  - 6
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/6/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/6/23-6.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol23/6/23-6.pdf
N2  - In this paper we explore patterns of economic transfers between adults within household and family networks in a village in Malawi’s Rumphi district, using data from the 2006 round of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health. We fit Exponential-family Random Graph Models (ERGMs) to assess individual, relational, and higher-order network effects. The network effects of cyclic giving, reciprocity, and in-degree and out-degree distribution suggest a network with a tendency away from the formation of hierarchies or "hubs." Effects of age, sex, working status, education, health status, and kinship relation are also considered.

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