Blyth et al. (1982) found that, according to the residential location of individuals whom study participants identified as significant in their lives, it may be the proximity and accessibility of peers that predict their relationship with the individual. Roughly 40% of both girls' and boys' "significant others" were non-related peers, of which over two-thirds lived in the subject's neighborhood; most of these nominations attended the same school, as well (Blyth et al., 1982). As such, the youth's neighborhood appears to determine the candidates group from which the adolescent may choose the majority of his or her friends.