Is it true that women have more neighborly relations with other women than with men?

Social relations with neighbors vary by individual, and individuals are more likely to interact with people who resemble them. In connection with those two observations, the “My neighborhood, my neighbors” survey offers some clarifications on the neighborhood socializing of men and women. It finds that women interact with their neighbors—regardless of neighbor’s sex—more than men do, and they play a more central role than men in neighborhood networks. Women are likely to develop more local, neighborhood ties, and this is magnified in neighborhoods with a heavy concentration of very young children and school children. Moreover, because women are less present on the labor market, they socialize more than men.

Consequently, women tend to have more neighborly relations with other women. 78% of women’s neighborhood network is made up of women, whereas only 60% of men’s network is made up of men.

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"Mon quartier, mes voisins" survey, INED, 2018  [FR]

Joanie Cayouette-Remblière and Eric Charmes, 2024, "Social ties in and out of the neighbourhood: Between compensation and cumulation", Urban Studies