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. 2023 Mar 3;102(1):202–222. doi: 10.1093/sf/soad025

Table 4.

Average Marginal Effects on Friendship Retention of Dyad/Ego Characteristics in PROSPER

Model 1
AME
[CI]
Model 2
AME
[CI]
Model 3
AME
[CI]
Model 4
AME
[CI]
Model 5
AME
[CI]
Different race −0.049*** −0.029*** −0.024** −0.022** −0.011
[−0.066, −0.032] [−0.043, −0.014] [−0.039, −0.008] [−0.038, −0.007] [−0.027, 0.004]
Ego’s race: Hispanic −0.027** −0.009 −0.006 −0.008 −0.006
[−0.047, −0.008] [−0.026, 0.007] [−0.023, 0.012] [−0.025, 0.009] [−0.023, 0.011]
Ego’s race: Black −0.007 0.001 0.005 0.004 −0.002
[−0.037, 0.024] [−0.024, 0.027] [−0.022, 0.032] [−0.022, 0.031] [−0.028, 0.024]
Time period
Wave 2–3 −0.174*** −0.182*** −0.180*** −0.183*** −0.201***
[−0.196, −0.153] [−0.202, −0.162] [−0.201, −0.159] [−0.208, −0.157] [−0.224, −0.177]
Wave 3–4 −0.165*** −0.185*** −0.184*** −0.192*** −0.214***
[−0.185, −0.144] [−0.204, −0.165] [−0.204, −0.164] [−0.218, −0.167] [−0.238, −0.190]
Wave 4–5 −0.156*** −0.158*** −0.159*** −0.170*** −0.206***
[−0.176, −0.135] [−0.178, −0.138] [−0.179, −0.138] [−0.195, −0.145] [−0.230, −0.182]
Duration 0.350*** 0.344*** 0.341*** 0.279***
[0.331, 0.369] [0.325, 0.364] [0.305, 0.378] [0.252, 0.305]
Merge −0.051** −0.057** −0.067*** −0.075***
[−0.084, −0.018] [−0.091, −0.022] [−0.102, −0.033] [−0.110, −0.040]
Same gender 0.044*** 0.045*** 0.015
[0.026, 0.063] [0.026, 0.064] [−0.005, 0.035]
GPA difference −0.016*** −0.015*** −0.006
[−0.025, −0.008] [−0.024, −0.007] [−0.014, 0.003]
Same SES 0.027*** 0.027*** 0.018**
[0.014, 0.039] [0.014, 0.040] [0.005, 0.030]
Racial heterogeneity 0.505*** 0.339***
[0.326, 0.685] [0.179, 0.499]
Outdegree 0.027***
[0.023, 0.031]
Mutual friendship 0.108***
[0.092, 0.124]
N of shared friends 0.010***
[0.007, 0.013]
Observations 18,868 18,868 17,872 17,872 17,872

Note: SES = socioeconomic status.

** p < .01.

*** p < .001.