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Table 4 Proportion of triangle motifs with different gender composition in the friendship and interaction networks

From: Gender homophily in online dyadic and triadic relationships

Type of triangle	Friendship		Interaction
Type of triangle	Observed	Shuffled	Observed	Shuffled
Males only	16.0%	11.6%	9.9%	6.2%
1 female, 2 males	32.5%	36.6%	24.4%	28.4%
2 females, 1 male	34.5%	38.4%	37.3%	43.3%
Females only	17.0%	13.4%	28.4%	22.1%
Total	3.64 × 10¹⁰		1.24 × 10⁸

The differences between observed and expected proportions (shuffled, calculated via reshuffling the gender of users having the same degree) are highly significant (standard deviation of reshuffling <0.0005).

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