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The Boston Special Youth Project Affiliation Dataset


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j.connections-2017-006.tab.002

Response Rate N/A
Non-Respondent Bias N/A
Theoretical Groupings The gangs/corner-groups are defined by geographic areas.
Publications Using These Data None.
Data Context A data component of a gang intervention conducted in Boston, MA.
Respondents Gang/Corner-group members.
Longitudinal Yes. Data were collected for variable intervals on each of the gangs.
Temporality Low. Nothing about the data, collection, or cntext suggests the validity of the data will attenuate over time.
Analytical or Pedagocical Utility Can be used to validate community detection approaches since the groups are known.Demonstrate properties of large, bipartite networks. Examining longitudinal, bipartite networks.Demonstrating consequences of projection to one-mode networks.
Known Issues Variation in the extent to which datawere collected for each of the gangs. The bulk of the network is constituted by three gangs.

Characteristics of the Seven Gangs and Percentage of Contact Cards Represented by each Gang

Gang Code Gender Race Number on Roster Percentage of Roster Names (Number) Observed in Cards Observation Period Percentage of Cards (Number) Represented by each Gang
MM3 Male White 33 93% (31) 6/21/54 - 1/30/56 8.7% (2,931)
MM2 Male White 45 77% (44) 7/26/56 - 4/10/57 33.2% (11,122)
WM3 Male White 37 97% (36) 2/1/55 - 5/11/57 22.3% (7,498)
WM2 Male White 26 84% (22) 11/15/54 - 5/11/57 33.3% (11,174)
HM3 Male Black 40 47% (19) 7/15/54 - 4/24/57 0.5% (171)
HF Female Black 39 7% (3) 10/15/54 - 10/10/56 0.02% (8)
CF Female White 11 100% (11) 10/22/54 - 4/25/57 4.7% a (1,583)
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