Table 3.

Univariate Hazard Ratios and 95% CIs for mortality by social network characteristics (other than children networks)

Characteristic	N	% deaths	Crude HR	95% CI	p-value
Family role					< 0.001
Small	312	74.0	1.0
Some	353	58.4	0.62	(0.51;0.75)
Important	238	59.7	0.65	(0.53;0.80)
Emotional support received from family					0.128
Low	301	67.8	1.0
Medium	401	60.6	0.83	(0.69;1.00)
High	201	65.7	0.96	(0.77;1.20)
Marital role					< 0.001
Small	124	73.4	1.0
Some	121	65.3	0.78	(0.57;1.05)
Important	328	53.0	0.57	(0.45;0.74)
No spouse	325	71.4	1.02	(0.80;1.30)
Emotional support received from spouse					0.003
Low	102	57.8	1.0
Medium	239	57.3	0.94	(0.69;1.28)
High	234	63.7	1.13	(0.83;1.52)
No spouse	325	71.4	1.50	(1.13;2.00)
Friendship role					0.003
Small	166	67.5	1.0
Some	129	57.4	0.73	(0.55;0.98)
Important	149	54.4	0.69	(0.52;0.92)
No friends	459	68.0	1.01	(0.82;1.26)
Emotional support received from friends					0.026
Low	120	56.7	1.0
Medium	81	60.5	1.07	(0.74;1.55)
High	245	61.2	1.17	(0.88;1.56)
No friends	457	68.3	1.40	(1.08;1.82)
Activities in the community					< 0.001
First quartile	261	74.3	1.0
Second quartile	236	60.6	0.67	(0.54;0.83)
Third quartile	200	53.0	0.54	(0.43;0.69)
Fourth quartile	206	66.0	0.74	(0.59;0.92)