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Income level: of closest friends, 84 , 89;

interviewees', xx;

of women, 138 , 155 . See also Pay; Poverty

Independence. See Autonomy; Dependence

Individualism, 2 , 3;

and courtship, 15 , 16;

and family, 1 -2, 4 -13, 111 -12;

friendship and, xv , 22 , 29 , 31 , 32 , 61 , 98 , 105 , 111 -12, 153;

market, 7 -9 (see also Capitalism);

marriage and, xv , 4 , 22 , 29 , 32 , 155 , 196 n.41. See also Affective individualism; Individuation/individuality

Individuation/individuality: defined, 98 , 109;

friendship and, xvi , 61 , 97 -100, 105 -21, 153

Industrialization, 2 -3, 23 , 24 , 193 n.4

Influence-oriented marriage work, 123 , 129 -38, 149 -50

Institutions, of friendship, xiii , xv -xvi, 60 -98;

defined, 61;

residual practices of, 61 , 62 -63, 83;

rules of relevance of, 62 , 63 , 68 -76, 83 , 167;

standards of commitment of, 62 , 63 -68, 84 , 88 , 89 , 98 , 111

Interactionism, 2

Interactive effects, in interviewing, 175

Interview, 177 -89

Interviewees, xii , xvii -xxi, 173 -74

Interviewing, xii -xiii, xvi -xvii, xxi -xxii, 171 -76. See also Exploratory research; Research methods

Intimacy, 59;

and affection, 14;

in community, 22 -23;

extramarital affairs for, 57 -58;

in friendships, xv , 9 , 11 , 17 -18, 30 -59 passim, 64 -66, 68 , 99 -100, 111 , 120 , 143 , 150 -72 passim;

gender dif-

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ferences in, 9 , 11 , 31 , 57 -58, 99 -100, 143 , 162 , 168;

in marriage, 32 , 49 , 52 , 53 , 156 , 157 , 168 -69;

physical, 52 . See also Emotional intimacy

Intimate friendships. See Best friends; Intimacy; Women's friendships

Invasion, in friendship, 119 -20