Network size has a fundamental influence on other network properties. As studies of social network size have accumulated beyond the U.S. and Western Europe, diversity in the networks examined and methods used to construct size estimates have hindered the ability to make direct cross-national comparisons. We employ data from a summary political discussion network size measure in 17 surveys conducted in 15 countries between 2012 and 2018. We offer improved cross-national data on political network size distributions and estimate aggregate and country-specific models to understand the factors, both social and political, that predict political network size within countries.

网络规模对其他网络属性有根本影响。随着对社交网络规模的研究在美国和西欧以外地区不断积累，所检查的网络的多样性和用于构建规模估计的方法阻碍了进行直接跨国比较的能力。我们在2012年至2018年间对15个国家/地区进行的17次调查中使用了来自政治讨论网络规模摘要度量的数据。我们提供了有关政治网络规模分布的改进的跨国数据，并估算了总体模型和特定于国家/地区的模型，以了解社会因素和政治，可以预测国家内部的政治网络规模。