larger one’s egocentric consumption network, the more likely he or she is to renew season tickets: H1a: Season-ticket holders with larger egocentric networks will be more likely to renew their season tickets. Beyond ego network size, the second category of analysis is ego network composition. Network
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Megan S. Patterson and Patricia Goodson
examining the ties among them. 62 , 63 Egocentric networks assess 3 relational dimensions, including: network composition (attributes of network members and how they relate to the ego), types of interactions and support available through these relationships, and structural measures of how the network is
Florian Herbolsheimer, Stephanie Mosler, Richard Peter and the ActiFE Ulm Study Group
and found that greater network density was associated with high physical activity. Another study distinguished between different network compositions and revealed that older adults in family-centered networks were least physically active whereas individuals in networks composed of friends and
