WHICH TYPES OF TIES AND NETWORKS PROVIDE WHAT KINDS OF SOCIAL SUPPORT

This chapter describes the composition and structure of personal community networks. It concentrates on the score or so ties that are actively used, and especially on the half-dozen or so close, intimate ties. It integrates research findings from hundreds of scholars to discuss which types of ties and networks provide different kinds of social support.

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