Groups |
56 |
62.9 |
The respondent draws a line or a circle in which he/she groups a subset of people belonging to the same category (e.g. “housemates,” “family,” “friends from work,” “flamenco colleagues,” etc.) |
List of names |
27 |
30.3 |
The interpersonal environment is summarized through a list of contacts. Names tend to be elicited through association and it is common that contacts with a similar relationship (e.g. siblings) have a close position to each other in the drawing |
Ego’s star or ego’s tree |
20 |
22.5 |
It consists of representing ego in the center of the graph and drawing around his direct contacts. Links between alters are rare, if there are any. We have called “relationships tree” those cases in which, from the direct relationship with ego, other branches of indirect relationships emerge |
Nodes and relationships |
10 |
11.2 |
A graph is drawn, composed of a set of individual nodes and the relationships they maintain between them |
Concentric circles |
6 |
6.7 |
The most important relationships are drawn in the center of the graph and around them concentric circles of decreasing relative importance are shown successively |
Artistic representation |
6 |
6.7 |
In some cases, respondents opted for creative drawings to represent metaphorically the characteristics of the personal network |
Geographical position |
4 |
4.5 |
Some respondents draw the distribution of their contacts according to the geographical location of alters. For instance, in our study, given it is based on a sample of people who have changed their place of residence, alters were placed between the home country and the host country |
Diagram or organization chart |
4 |
4.5 |
A schema is represented that organizes the personal contacts following some system of hierarchical classification, or imitating the structure of an organizational chart |