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July 2004

Volume 110, Number 1
ajs Volume 110 Number 1 (July 2004): 44–91
© 2004 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.
0002-9602/2004/11001-0002$10.00
DOI: 10.1086/386272

Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent Romantic and Sexual Networks1

Peter S. Bearman

Columbia University

James Moody

Ohio State University

Katherine Stovel

University of Washington

This article describes the structure of the adolescent romantic and sexual network in a population of over 800 adolescents residing in a midsized town in the midwestern United States. Precise images and measures of network structure are derived from reports of relationships that occurred over a period of 18 months between 1993 and 1995. The study offers a comparison of the structural characteristics of the observed network to simulated networks conditioned on the distribution of ties; the observed structure reveals networks characterized by longer contact chains and fewer cycles than expected. This article identifies the micromechanisms that generate networks with structural features similar to the observed network. Implications for disease transmission dynamics and social policy are explored.

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  • 1Data for this article are drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a program project designed by J. Richard Udry and Peter Bearman, and funded by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD31921). The authors thank Douglas White, Martina Morris, Mark Handcock, J. Richard Udry, and the AJS reviewers for helpful comments on previous drafts of this article. Direct correspondence to Peter Bearman, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, 814 SIPA Building, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027. E‐mail:

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