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. 2022 Dec 3;78(4):705–717. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbac190

Table 4.

Descriptive Statistics About Older Adults’ Distance to Network Members Newly Acquired at Wave 6

In 5 km Between 5and 25 km Above 25 km
Other network members available
 All respondents 0.337 0.186 0.203
 Experienced no partner loss (Ref) 0.322 0.180 0.197
 Partner died 0.453*** 0.215 0.266***
 Partner lost for other reasons 0.520*** 0.280*** 0.268***
In partner exclusivity
 All respondents 0.443 0.185 0.230
 Experienced no partner loss (Ref) 0.421 0.180 0.223
 Partner died 0.650*** 0.287*** 0.312**
 Partner lost for other reasons 0.709*** 0.232* 0.312***
In partner exclusivity, experienced loss
 Death, men (Ref) 0.593 0.271 0.271
 Death, women 0.684 0.296 0.337
 For other reasons, men (Ref) 0.669 0.226 0.274
 For other reasons, women 0.752 0.239 0.354
 Death, 50–59 (Ref) 0.588 0.353 0.235
 Death, 60–69 0.682 0.341 0.273
 Death, 70+ 0.646 0.250 0.344
 For other reasons, 50–59 (Ref) 0.737 0.289 0.316
 For other reasons, 60–69 0.655 0.179 0.298
 For other reasons, 70+ 0.740 0.234 0.325

Notes: Proportion differences across the groups are compared with the Chi-square test.

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.