通过研究厦门市同安区的莲花镇、泉州市安溪县的凤城镇、厦门市的思明区和湖里区、福州市以及上海市的调查资料,可以发现:任何地区的居民都形成了以亲戚为中心的关系网络,但是城市化度越高地区,网络总量以及亲戚、邻居、同乡、朋友的量越小;费舍尔的研究成果不完全适用于中国。这是由于中国独特的社会历史文化和工业化、城市化进程,以及现阶段不同地区社会结构的差异所致。
Drawing upon the surveys conducted in Lianhua Township, Siming and Huli Districts in Xiamen, Fengcheng Township in Quanzhou and certain areas in Fuzhou and Shanghai, the author of this paper has discovered that a relatively centered social network has been formed among residents in all these areas. In the area that is more urbanised its residents possess fewer network volume and fewer relationships with their relatives, neighbors, fellow townsmen or friends. Fischer's findings are not fully applicable to China. This is caused by the unique socio-historical culture, industrialization, urbanism and current differences of social structure between different parts of China.