Extent and implications of omitted ties on network measures in a longitudinal social network survey of people who use drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research has revealed under-reporting of personal network members (i.e., alters) in studies involving people who use drugs (PWUD). This analysis (1) characterizes relationships that were more likely to be omitted but later recalled with prompting and (2) identifies network structural characteristics most impacted by these omissions among a sample of PWUD in rural Appalachian Kentucky, an epicenter of the opioid epidemic.

Methods

Data were collected through longitudinal assessments as part of the Social Networks Among Appalachian People (SNAP) study (2008-2017). Study participants completed interviewer-administered questionnaires that collected social network data via free-listing at baseline and six-month intervals. At visit 5, after free-listing, intervi

SUBMITTER: Upton EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514791 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature